About BHSM

Belfast Historical Museum Building

2012 Winter Hours

The Museum is currently closed for the season, but open by chance or appoinment.

Admission

FREE – donations welcomed!
Group tours available.

The Belfast Historical Society and Museum is dedicated to the collection, conservation, preservation and interpretation of artifacts relevant to Belfast history. Visitors to the Museum will enjoy vintage photographs, maps, postcard collections and interpretive displays. An extensive archives and library are available for research.

Membership

Become a member of the Belfast Historical Society and Museum! Your membership assists various valuable Museum programs and you will receive a newsletter keeping you informed about Historical Society and Museum news, events and programs.

Annual membership Fee

Student: $5 | Individual: $10 | Family: $15
Contributing: $25 | Business: $30 | Sustaining: $50 | Lifetime: $250

Download membership form [pdf] (memberships are from Jan 1 to Dec 31).

Historical Society Program Meetings

WHAT Informative programs include guest speakers, slide shows and discussions.
When Once a month, April through October. Usually at 7pm (check schedule).
Where At the Abbott Room, Belfast Free Library, 106 High Street.
Cost Meetings are FREE and open to the public.
Complete 2012 program schedule [pdf]

Volunteering

The Society is dedicated to preserving and sharing Belfast's unique history.
You can help by...

  • Welcoming guests during museum hours.
  • Helping to update our displays and presentations.
  • Helping to catalog our photograph, clothing, artifact and archives collections.
  • Sharing your organizational abilities and talents.