Carlow County Museum

Carlow County Museum is a hidden treasure located in Carlow Town’s Cultural Quarter. Admission is free and is entered through the Carlow Tourist Office. No booking required, just turn up and enjoy! Last admission is 30 minutes before closing. Tours for groups of 10 or more must be prebooked by contacting the Museum directly. Undertake the Museum’s Detective Quiz as a family to discover our many historical gems. Spanning four galleries, the museum has a wide collection of objects from County Carlow, some of national and international importance including: the original gallows trapdoor from Carlow Gaol, probably the only one on display in an Irish museum; the 6 metre high 19th century hand carved pulpit made in Belgium from Carlow Cathedral, among the top 100 objects to see in an Irish Museum; items from Carlow’s Sugar Factory, which operated for almost 80 years; the smoking pipe of Captain Myles Keogh, killed at the infamous Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana, USA, in 1876; items relating to John Tyndall, the 19th century Carlow scientist who discovered the greenhouse effect and discovered why the sky is blue; a 340 million-year-old fossilised squid embedded in Carlow Limestone; a display on St. Willibrord, an Anglo-Saxon monk who trained in Carlow before becoming the Patron Saint of Luxembourg & the Netherlands; the last cigarette and death mask of Kevin Barry, an 18-yearold medical student who was executed for his role in the Irish War of Independence in 1920; the original 19th century printing press used by The Nationalist newspaper and the 16th century grave effigy of Robert Hartpole, the Constable of Carlow Castle and High Sheriff of Carlow… and so much more!

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Monday	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday	10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday	Closed
Sunday	Closed

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