Cobh Heritage Centre
Ionad Oidhreachta an Chóibh | |
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| Established | 1993[1] |
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| Location | Cobh, County Cork, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°50′56″N 8°17′58″W / 51.8488°N 8.299367°W |
| Type | Heritage centre, railway museum |
| Public transit access | Cobh railway station |
| Website | cobhheritage |
The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station.[2]
The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history.[3] The centre has held exhibits on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, mass emigration, the Great Famine, Cork Harbour's defences,[4] on penal transportation to Australia, and on the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[5] It also has displays on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call was at Cobh (then Queenstown). The centre also hosts temporary exhibitions and, for example, hosted exhibits on John Philip Holland (loaned from the County Louth Museum) in 2000.[6]
The centre is a tourist destination, including with visitors from cruise ships, which often dock in Cobh.[7][8] The centre has two onsite gift shops and a café.[9]
The building was damaged on 5 May 1995, when a train arriving at Cobh failed to stop, and crashed through the wall.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Birnbaum, Alexandra M. (1 January 1993). Birnbaum's Ireland, 1994. HarperPerennial. ISBN 9780062781307 – via Google Books.
- ^ Monogan, David (24 March 2013). "From Coffin Ships To Triumph Abroad, Museums Tell Of Ireland's Haunting Diaspora". Forbes. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "Cobh Heritage Centre". discoveringcork.ie. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Cobh centre millionth visit". irishexaminer.com. Irish Examiner. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Lusitania Exhibition". cobhheritage.com. Cobh Heritage Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "Archives - 2000 The Holland Anniversary Year". mariner.ie. National Maritime Museum Of Ireland. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "€15m berth will be Cobh's quay to success". Irish Examiner. 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Cobh named one of Western Europe's top cruise destinations". Independent News & Media. 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Cobh Heritage Centre – AVEA". avea.ie. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "RTÉ Archives - Train Crash at Cobh Heritage Centre 1995". rte.ie. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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