statues from the Chola Dynasty. Samurai armour. Solomon Islands war canoe. (Similar boat). Girona The museum acquired in 1971 Spanish Armada artefacts from the galleass Girona, which sank off Ireland in 1588 . Controversy at the 132nd Royal Ulster Academy exhibition In 2013, at the 132nd Royal Ulster Academy exhibition at the Ulster Museum "The Kiss" by artist Paul Walls was not displayed following discussions between the museum and the academy. It was decided as the subject matter, two women kissing, was inappropriate for school visits. A petition was organised on Change.org. Rail access is the nearest station on Northern Ireland Railways. Regular trains ply between Belfast Great Victoria Street, , and Belfast Central. See also Irish art History of phycology References Bibliography Hackney, P. 1972. Notes on the vascular plant herbarium of the Ulster Museum. Irish Naturalists' Journal 17: 230 – 233. Hackney, P. 1980. Some early nineteenth century herbaria in Belfast. 20: 114 – 119. Hackney, P. 1981. British vascular plant collection of the Ulster Museum. Biology Curators' Group. 2: 2 – 3. Nesbitt, N. 1979. A Museum in Belfast. Ulster Museum. McMillan, N.F. and Morton, O. 1979. A Victorian album of algae from the north of Ireland with specimens collected by William Sawers. Irish Nataturalists' Journal. 19: 384 – 387. Morton, O. 1977a. A note on W.H.Harvey's algae in the Ulster Museum. Irish Naturalists' Journal 18: 26. Morton, O. 1977b. Sylvanus Wear's algal collection in the Ulster Museum. Irish Naturalists' Journal 19: 92 – 93. Morton, O. 1980. Three algal collections in the Ulster Museum herbarium. Irish Naturalists' Journal 20: 33 – 37. Morton, O. 1981a. Algae in Biology Curators Group Newsletter. 3: 12 – 13. Morton, O. 1981b American algae collected by W.H.Harvey and others, in the Ulster Museum Herbarium. Taxon 30: 867–868. Morton, O. 1994. Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum, Belfast. Praeger, R.L. 1949. Some Irish Naturalist. Further reading Deane, C. Douglas 1983. The Old Museum. in The Ulster Countryside. Century Books, The Universities Press (Belfast) Ltd. Bourke, M. 2011. The Story of Irish Museums 1790 – 2000. Cork University Press. Kertland, M.P.H. 1967. The specimens of Templeton's in the Queen's University Herbarium. Ir. Nat J. 15:318–322. Kertland, M.P.H. 1966. Bi-centenary of the birthday of John Templeton. Ir. Nat. J. 15': 229–323. McCrum, Elizabeth. 1996. Fabric and Form: Irish Fashion Since 1950. Weatherall, Norman (text) and Evans, David (paintings) 2002 South Belfast terrace