Carlow County Museum, Regional history museum in Carlow, Ireland.
The museum comprises four exhibition galleries within a former Presentation Convent building displaying objects from County Carlow communities since 1973.
The museum started as a collection by the Carlow Historical Society in 1973 and moved to its current location in the former Presentation Convent in 2012.
The museum exhibits include a 19th-century wooden pulpit from Carlow Cathedral and artifacts from the 1916 Rising with connections to Carlow.
Located on College Street in central Carlow, the museum offers free admission and maintains regular opening hours throughout the year.
The collection features a 340-million-year-old fossil, a gallows trap door from Carlow Gaol, and a 2-millimeter Iron Age glass bead.
Location: Carlow
Inception: 1973
GPS coordinates: 52.83633,-6.92819
Latest update: March 6, 2025 14:22
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