| Culzie | Date: Wednesday, 2012-10-31, 6:52 PM | Message # 1 |
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| Hopes for new Orange Order centres
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Museums dedicated to the Orange Order are opening in Belfast and Armagh
The Orange Order has said it hopes two new museums will promote better understanding and increased tolerance of its organisation.
The institution has been awarded almost £4 million to build interpretative centres in Belfast and Armagh.
Funding from the European Union's Peace III programme will be used to revamp the Orange Order headquarters at Schomberg House and Sloan's House.
Orange Lodge of Ireland Grand Master Edward Stevenson said: "The aim of this transformational project is to create understanding, education, tolerance and mutual respect through interpretation and creation of shared space. The creation of two unique educational and resource centres will tell the story of the foundation of the institution as well as its traditions, development and place in wider society.
"Such world-class developments at both Schomberg House and Sloan's House will also preserve and present the impressive historical collections of the Orange Order in a form that will encourage an informative and engaging learning process."
The extension of Schomberg House in east Belfast will include a replica Orange Hall. A range of items including a letter written by William III before his departure to Ireland in June 1690; a book of payments to the Williamite army in 1690; and a lock of William of Orange's hair will be on display.
The new building will also incorporate a research facility and educational resource, with particular access for school and cross-community focused visits.
Refurbishment of Sloan's House in Loughgall, Co Armagh - where the first Orange warrants were signed more than 200 years ago - will include a museum exhibition area to provide information on the early history of the Orange Order. A musket with bayonet used during the 1795 Battle of the Diamond at Loughgall will be among the artefacts on show.
Five full-time staff will be appointed to run both sites, which are expected to be open by the summer of 2014.
Pat Colgan, chief executive of the Special EU Programmes Body, said: "Upon its completion, this EU-funded project will promote a greater awareness of the history and traditions of the Orange Order. By pro-actively reaching out to people, on a cross-community basis, the Order will be able to demystify many of the existing perceptions of what it is. This open and honest dialogue will lead to a positive understanding of Orangeism and its place within our society."
Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news....trmU9g1
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| RSAUB | Date: Thursday, 2012-11-01, 12:10 PM | Message # 2 |
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| I always worry what strings are attached with these funding projects especially when the Irish Government is handing in some of the money.
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| Slappataig | Date: Sunday, 2012-11-18, 10:52 PM | Message # 3 |
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| same here, "EU funded" is the 2 words that let anybody with sense know itll have have plenty of left leaning strings attached.
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