We, the undersigned, call upon the Minister for Communities in Northern Ireland to support the founding of a Harry Ferguson Museum of Innovation to commemorate the centenary of the modern tractor and to honour the enduring legacy of Harry Ferguson and assign the necessary funding. In 1925, Harry Ferguson filed his Ferguson Master Patent in Belfast—an innovation that transformed global agriculture and contributed significantly to the fight against hunger and poverty. As Northern Ireland’s most celebrated inventor, his life and work deserve a permanent and inspiring home.

The proposed museum will:

• Celebrate Ferguson’s life and achievements

• Highlight the stories of other great Northern Irish innovators and achievers

• Use state-of-the-art physical and virtual technologies to engage the public

• Include a lecture theatre and rotating exhibition spaces

• Host world-class R&D facilities connected to education, industry, and sport.

This museum will bridge the past and the present—preserving our heritage and driving innovation for the future. We urge the Minister to act now, in this centenary year, to ensure this vision becomes reality.