Down County Museum
| County: | Co. Down |
| Tel: | 028-4461 5218 |
| Fax: | 028-4461 5590 |
| Email: | museum@downdc.gov.uk |
The Museum is located in the restored 18th Century Goal of Down. Featuring restored cells complete with prisoners' stories, the museum offers a fascinating glimpse into the turbulent 18th and 19th Centuries. The Museum also houses a superb new exhibition on life in County Down from earliest times to today. This display features hundreds of unique artefacts, audio-visual displays, audio points and hands-on facilities. The Museum also has an extensive programme of special events and activities.
General Information
| Address: | The Mall, Downpatrick, Co. Down, BT30 6AH |
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| Telephone; | 028-4461 5218 |
| Fax: | 028-4461 5590 |
| Email: | museum@downdc.gov.uk |
| Website: | http://www.downcountymuseum.com |
| Location: | Adjacent to Downpatrick Cathedral and Courthouse |
| Season: | All Year |
| Open Times: | Mon-Fri: 10.00-17.00 Sat-Sun:13.00-17.00 |
| Tours: | Must be pre-booked, Max No: 30, Duration: 1 hour. Languages: English, taped tours available |
| Booking Contact: | museum@downdc.gov.uk |
| Manager: | Mike King |
| Average Visit Length: | 2 hours |
| Entrance Fees: | Free Admission |
| Audio Visual: | Audio-visual elements in new galleries |
| Exhibition: | New exhibition on the history of Co. Down, featuring a host of unique local artefacts and documents, audio-visual displays and interactive features. |
| Restaurant: | Serving wide range of refreshments and snacks. Lunches available |
| Picnic Area: | No |
| Shop: | Yes |
| Information Guide: | English,Irish,French,German & Spanish |
| Coach Parking: | Yes |
| Group Booking Necessary: | Yes |
| Car Parking: | Yes |
| Disabled Access/Parking: | Yes |
Schools
Curriculum-linked interactive activity sessions on: The Vikings, The Normans, Life in Pre-historic Times, The Famine, The Victorians, 1798:The Historic Gaol and crime and punishment, World War II, Life in the Recent Past (1940s to 1970s), Town Trail of Downpatrick all link to History, EMU, Cultural Heritage, Language and Literacy. Please contact our Education Officer to discuss any other resources you may wish to access. Schools lunch room also available
Conference & Incentive
We can organise themed living history events focusing on life in Georgian Down. We can also organise music, dance and drama events, as well as walking tours of Downpatrick, ghost walks and bus tours of local sites
New Exhibitions
Land and Freedom- Donegal Paintings
Mon 5th to Fri 30th July
An Earagail Arts Festival exhibition. A carefully chosen selection of Donegal Paintings from the collections of the Glebe Gallery/ Office of Public Works and the Donegal County Council Art Collection. The exhibition features works by renowned local and national artists including Nora McGuinness, Derek Hill Basil Blackshaw, Sean Fingleton and Johnny Boyle. Admission free.
Opening hours 10am – 4.30pm Mon – Fri 1- 4.30pm Sat
For further information Donegal County Museum, High Rd, Letterkenny.
T 074 9124613 E museum(at)donegalcoco.ie
Collected Works - Deborah J. Stockdale Retrospective
This exhibition features examples of her textile works including her most recent work, which explores natural shapes and mythical landscapes and also studies based on microscopic photographs of plants, animals and minerals. Most of her current work is painted on cotton combined with elaborate hand quilting, which add a sculptural dimension to the images.
Exhibition runs until August. Admission free.
Free Seminar ‘The Plantation of Ulster – What Does It Mean To Us Now’?
As part of The Planter and the Gael Project, Donegal County Museum cordially invites you to a Seminar entitled
The Plantation of Ulster – What Does It Mean To Us Now?
on Thursday 1st July 2010 In An Grianan Hotel, Burt . Registration at 9.30pm. Light lunch will be served. R.S.V.P required. Admission free.
Contact: Donegal County Museum, High Road, Letterkenny
T 00353 (0) 74 9124613 E museum(at)donegalcoco.ie
The Planter and The Gael is a joint between Donegal County Museum and Derry City Council Heritage and Museum Service. This project aims to increase awareness of the Plantation and its impact on both Donegal and Derry. We hope to enable people from all communities to better understand the influence of the Plantation on their heritage and on the environment and landscapes in which they live.
History Comes to Life
Once a week during July and August, the Donegal County Museum is bringing our Museum’s Workhouse history to life. The museum building is formerly the Warden's House of the Letterkenny Workhouse. It’s doors opened in 1845, shortly before the Famine. We invite you to come along to meet the officals, inmates and hear of life inside the Workhouse.
They are free of charge and open to all. For further information Donegal County Museum, High Rd, Letterkenny.
T 074 9124613 E museum(at)donegalcoco.ie
Location & Access
Location
We are located on the Mall, English Street, Downpatrick, between Down Cathedral and Downpatrick Courthouse. On entry to the town from either the Belfast Road or the Newcastle Road, follow the brown signs to the Museum. There is an Ulsterbus service from Belfast to Downpatrick, departing from the Europa Bus Centre. There is also an Ulsterbus service from Newry.
Access
All areas of the Museum are accessible to wheelchair users and families with pushchairs and prams. A tactile model of the Museum is located outside the shop for orientation.
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