Bad Bridget

Bad Bridget at the Ulster American Folk Park is a new multi-sensory exhibition that highlights the adversities many women faced when they migrated to North America from Ireland in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Victoria Millar, Senior Curator of History at National Museums NI, said: “We are thrilled to have opened our Bad Bridget exhibition to the public. Traditionally, women’s stories have been underrepresented at the Ulster American Folk Park, even though women accounted for around half of Irish migrants from 1800 onwards. Bad Bridget represents the beginning of a new experience here for our visitors with our collaboration focusing on new sensory elements.”

The exhibition features almost 150 original objects from the collections of National Museums NI, alongside four bespoke scents, curated by AVM Curiosities. These olfactive additions represent an exciting new direction for Omagh’s Ulster American Folk Park, giving visitors the opportunity to experience history in a unique and intimate way. The scents aim to take the visitor on a journey, including: a malodorous representation of the New York Tenements, and a scent titled the Dangers of the Fairground, inspired by Coney Island.

Entry to the Bad Bridget exhibition is included in general admission to Ulster American Folk Park.

Bad Bridget
Scent Design by AVM Curiosities
In collaboration with Aroma Prime & CPL Aromas
Ulster American Folk Park | Northern Ireland
15 April 2022 - 31 May 2025

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