An exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of John Hume being jointly granted the Nobel Peace Prize has opened in Belfast.
The display, including artwork and panels describing the late former SDLP leader’s role in the peace process and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, has opened at Ulster University’s (UU) Belfast campus.
It is completing a tour of all UU campuses, and is the result of a partnership between the John and Pat Hume Foundation and the European Parliament Liaison Office in the UK.
It marks a quarter of a century since since Hume, who served as a Member of the European Parliament for over two decades, won the Nobel Peace Prize alongside late former UUP leader David Trimble in the autumn of 1998.
The free exhibition - running until August 30 at the campus’ Birley Building reception - also features one of five bronze busts of Hume created by Ballymena sculptor Liz O’Kane.
The other four are displayed at the Irish embassies in Washington DC and London, the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and Leinster House in Dublin.
Secretary of the John and Pat Hume Foundation, Tim Attwood, said the organisation welcomes “this excellent opportunity to partner with the European Parliament Liaison Office UK and Ulster University to showcase John Hume’s work as a Member of the European Parliament and the fact that the mission of the European Union inspired his courageous journey to build peace and reconciliation in Ireland through dialogue, partnership and bridge-building.”
