Time-trekking to the Decathlon - OpenArch Conference, Foteviken 2012

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Time-Trekking to the Decadathon

Mutual Understanding in Northern Ireland’s National Museums

Dr Brenda Winter-PalmerQueen’s University Belfast

Education for Mutual Understanding and Cultural Heritage

Cross-Community Contact in the Museum Setting

Timetrekker to Tea Lane (Ulster Folk and Transport Museum)

The Time Museum on the Scotch Irish wave of emigration to America in the 18th Century: Ulster American Folk Park Omagh

The Hiring Fair on the working conditions of hired servants in late 19th and early 20th centuries: Ulster Folk and Transport Museum

The Normans at Carrick: Carrickfergus Castle

A promenade performance at Carrick

Time –Hurdlers at Ulster History Park

A time-travelling figure who acts as a guide and conduit of knowledge

A joker figure in ‘Timetrekker to Tea Lane’

A Museum Guide in ‘The Normans at Carrick’

Athletes who jump through time and space in Time-hurdlers

Bloody Sunday Panel