Cobh Heritage Centre

Inside Cobh Heritage Centre

Cobh Heritage Centre, reconstruction of the interior of an old ship

The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station.^[1]

The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history. It provides information on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, the mass emigration, the Great Famine, and on how criminals were transported to Australia for petty crimes. It also has an exhibition on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call before it sank was Cobh (then Queenstown).

The centre is popular with tourists, in particular with visitors from cruise ships, which often dock in Cobh. Two onsite Irish gift shops and a café complete the centre's lineup.

References

↑ Monogan, David (24 March 2013). "From Coffin Ships To Triumph Abroad, Museums Tell Of Ireland's Haunting Diaspora". Forbes. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

External links

Cobh Heritage Centre Official website

Museums and galleries in the Republic of Ireland by province

Connacht	Arigna Mining Experience Galway City Museum Glengowla Mines James Mitchell Museum Museum of Country Life Roscommon County Museum Sligo County Museum

Munster	Allihies Copper Mine Museum Clare Museum Cobh Heritage Centre Connemara Heritage and History Centre Cork Butter Museum Craggaunowen Crawford Art Gallery Hunt Museum Kerry County Museum Waterford County Museum Waterford Museum of Treasures

Leinster	An Post Museum Carlow County Museum Chester Beatty Library County Carlow Military Museum County Museum Dundalk The Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane Dublin Writers Museum Irish Agricultural Museum Irish Jewish Museum Irish Museum of Modern Art James Joyce Centre James Joyce Tower and Museum Kilmainham Gaol Luan Gallery Marsh's Library National 1798 Rebellion Centre National Gallery of Ireland National Leprechaun Museum National Library of Ireland National Maritime Museum of Ireland National Museum of Ireland National Photographic Archive National Print Museum National Transport Museum of Ireland National Wax Museum Natural History Museum Number Twenty Nine - Georgian House Museum Pearse Museum Science Gallery State Heraldic Museum Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio

Ulster	Cavan County Museum Donegal County Museum Donegal Railway Centre Monaghan County Museum

Coordinates: 51°50′56″N 8°17′58″W / 51.8488°N 8.299367°W / 51.8488; -8.299367

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