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Maurice Williamson Heritage Museum

Volunteer-run heritage museum of the Boys' Brigade at the Belfast Battalion's Ganaway centre near Millisle, with three galleries, a library and a small cinema.

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Om museet

The Boys' Brigade heritage museum opened in 2010 within the Belfast Battalion's 13-acre Training & Activity Centre at Ganaway, on the County Down coast overlooking the Irish Sea. Its facade copies the Charlotte Street Mission Hall in Belfast, where the Boys' Brigade began in Ireland in 1888. In 2015 it was named after Maurice Williamson, the long-serving chief executive of the battalion who played a large part in developing Ganaway.

The museum is looked after by volunteer leaders, past and present. It has three galleries, a reference library and a 16-seat cinema. Cabinets cover the formation and work of the Brigade, its sections from the youngest boys to the senior company, bands, camping and expeditions, and the awards of the movement, including the BB Cross for Heroism.

A popular display shows metal and cloth badges from 1926 to the present, with named sets of personal badges and inscribed medals. Other items include a pennant carried to the summit of Mount Everest in 1993 and a damaged wreath saved from the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing at Enniskillen. A hands-on area has quizzes, musical instruments, a Morse code buzzer, a uniform and a model railway.

Højdepunkter

Badge and medal displays from 1926 to the present
Boys' Brigade pennant taken to the summit of Mount Everest in 1993
Corner of Remembrance with a wreath saved from the 1987 Enniskillen bombing
Hands-on area with Morse code buzzer, uniform and model railway
16-seat cinema and reference library

Permanente udstillinger

History of the Boys' Brigade – Cabinets on the formation of the Brigade, its sections, bands, camping and awards.
Badges and medals – Metal and cloth badges from 1926 to the present, named personal badge sets and inscribed medals.
Corner of Remembrance – Roll of Honour boards and a damaged wreath saved from the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing at Enniskillen.

Grundlagt: 2010
Ejer: Belfast Battalion of The Boys' Brigade