National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Western Ireland, Ireland

4.5 (789 reviews) Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #1 in Western Ireland Speciality Museums • History Museums

Interesting & well organised.

This award-winning Museum is home to the National Folklife Collection which represents traditional life in Ireland throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Fascinating artefacts deal with domestic life, agriculture, fishing and hunting, clothing and textiles, furniture and fittings, trades and crafts, transport, sports and leisure and religion. Set in the spectacular grounds of Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo the Museum treats visitors to a taste of how our ancestors lived their daily lives, in both difficult and joyful times. The excellent ‘hands-on’ public programmes which run throughout the year, consist of art and craft workshops, demonstrations and performances and runs alongside the exciting programme of temporary exhibitions which are ongoing throughout the year. Opening Times: The Museum opening hours are: Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm • Sunday 2pm-5pm • Closed Mondays (including Bank Holidays), Christmas Day and Good Friday. Admission to the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is FREE. Shop & Café open.

Address

Turlough Park House Turlough Park, Castlebar F23 HY31 Ireland

Mobile

+353 94 903 1775

Website

http://www.museum.ie/Country-Life

Email

[email protected]

Working hours

Monday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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Thursday, May 09, 2024, 12:18

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4Betty 5:00 PM Nov 11, 2022
Lovely museum on beautiful grounds
Lovely museum, beautiful grounds. Museum staff are so friendly, lovely little gift shop with friendly staff. Avoid the cafe, very expensive for what you get and the woman who seemed to be in charge very abrasive to young staff, not what you want to see while out with young children.
4SuJ 5:00 PM Aug 23, 2021
Interesting museum and ideal journey break
We used the museum as a pit stop on a long journey and enjoyed our time here. I thought the videos alongside the objects were very interesting and the kids both took an interest in different items. The playground was a good way to burn off excess car energy too. I found it easy to book online very close to our arrival time - although I hadn’t quite realised that by booking 1-2pm our entry time was 1pm (I’d thought it was an hr window to arrive within not our slot to look around). We could have definitely spent longer here especially if we had been child free as we would have had more time to read and watch all videos but as we had 2 smaller kids desperate to get to a playground and the rest of our journey ahead of us we were less than an hr looking around the museum part.