Down County Museum

We had a guided walking tour and honestly it was fantastic. Our guide really knew her stuff and as a local, I found it really interesting!

What a find...Great museum ..and gaol...very informative with lots of exhibition pieces and a full prisoner of War hut..

Excellent museum and gaol experience...lots of information and historical artefacts...well worth a visit and situated in a street of Georgian buildings with the cathedral at end of street...lift access for disabled and parking and toilets...on site tea rooms closed at present...free admission.

Such a great place, I also did the summer camp a few years back, so fun and exciting

I've waited for over 5 months for a response from this place on a simple request for information.. waste of time and effort contacting them in the first place 🙉🙈🙊

This was my first visit to this museum, and I can say that I will be returning. I was absolutely amazed by everything about the place. We were greeted by a young lady called Karen, who made us very welcomed and who went out of her way to explain the history of the museum, which increased our interest in finding out more. We did not see it all, which is another good reason for returning. I would highly recommend this museum to anyone. It also confirms that some of our brightest gems for visitation are to be found outside the main cities. Thank you for this wonderful experience and here's to the

The museum greatly surpassed expectations. It was clean with an open environment and lots of exhibitions packed into a small footprint. Staff were incredibly friendly and were more than happy to talk about the museum and offered guidance to get the the exhibitions quickly as I’d arrived close to closing time. The museum is free to enter, I really enjoyed the visit it was definitely not what I was expecting!

Now here is a little treasure...
Sometimes you stumble upon a place that is friendly and welcoming. Sometimes you find a place that is informative and interesting. Occasionally you will find something that is free....
This place is all three!
A great use of the former gaol, the museum is one of the finest local museums I have visited. I am not a great fan of waxworks but they have excellent ones here.
A visit here is a must for anybody passing ... and it's free (or was when I went there).

Huge thank you to Michael King for showing us around today. It was a pleasure chatting to you. Such a fantastic musuem and so well run! Doing our heritage proud!

Fantastic night last night at Museum, watching Stockton's Wing, great atmosphere, great music and great fun. Congrats to all involved in the Downtime Festival, such amazing talent on our doorstep..well done to you all

Wonderful tour Mary very informative on arrival - we loved the tour - we're on holiday from Sydney Australia and the four us were gobsmacked at the exhibition . The cafe was great - Frances and the manager were brilliant . Beautiful views during lunch . Colm even sourced some brochures and brought them out to us in way to The Cathedral .