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22/06/2015
Museum Of Orange Heritage Officially Opens
The Orange Order has officially opened the Museum of Orange Heritage in east Belfast today, 22 June.
Extensive redevelopment work has been ongoing at the Institution's Cregagh Road headquarters since early last year.
The Belfast facility aims to promote shared space and greater levels of reconciliation through education, and is a joint project with the refurbished Sloan’s House in Loughgall, Co Armagh, which opens separately next week.
Both facilities are part of the REACH Project (Reaching out through Education and Cultural Heritage) which received £3.6 million from the EU's PEACE III Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Edward Stevenson, said:: "Today is a truly iconic, historic and landmark moment for the Orange Institution, representing a shift change in our outreach to the wider community.
"The Orange tradition has a story to tell and it is fantastic to be able to share and showcase our heritage to a large audience, through the means of a modern interpretative centre. Such a facility has never before been available anywhere in the British Isles, and we are immensely proud of our product."
(CD)
Extensive redevelopment work has been ongoing at the Institution's Cregagh Road headquarters since early last year.
The Belfast facility aims to promote shared space and greater levels of reconciliation through education, and is a joint project with the refurbished Sloan’s House in Loughgall, Co Armagh, which opens separately next week.
Both facilities are part of the REACH Project (Reaching out through Education and Cultural Heritage) which received £3.6 million from the EU's PEACE III Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.
Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Edward Stevenson, said:: "Today is a truly iconic, historic and landmark moment for the Orange Institution, representing a shift change in our outreach to the wider community.
"The Orange tradition has a story to tell and it is fantastic to be able to share and showcase our heritage to a large audience, through the means of a modern interpretative centre. Such a facility has never before been available anywhere in the British Isles, and we are immensely proud of our product."
(CD)
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