Laying of the Foundation Stone, 22 July 1924
As well as official accounts of the ceremony performed by HRH the Duke of York, we have a number of personal reminiscences. When Sean Nolan, then Director of the Ulster Museum, gave a jubilee lecture on the history of the Ulster Museum in 1989, he quoted from a particularly descriptive and entertaining letter from a Mr R McKimm.
Read Mr McKimm's letter in full