National Museum of Country Life

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. See www.museum.ie for details of temporary exhibitions and ongoing programme of events. Opening times Museum: Tue – Sat: 10am - 5pm; Sunday: 2 - 5pm. Closed Mondays (incl. Bank holidays). Museum shop & café: Now open each Monday until the end of September. Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm; Sunday: 12-5pm. (094) 903 1755