Inishowen Maritime Museum

Inishowen Maritime Museum Inishowen Maritime Museum is located in the old coastguard station, Greencastle, Co. Donegal

The Inishowen Maritime Museum was opened in 1994; the initiative to produce a Maritime Museum provided a common grounding for the community of Inishowen to come together rather than individually housing the parts of the community’s historic maritime memorabilia. The establishment and continued growth and investment of our company over the last two decades have enabled us to conserve our strong mar

itime background, built through a common historical interest in our area. The services and activities we provide are as diverse as our users, from a maritime museum, planetarium, nautical gift shop & cafe to hosting temporary exhibitions, concerts and fairs. The museum continues to grow and develop exhibitions/projects to promote our heritage through tourism, membership and social networks.

Don't forget this wonderful afternoon event being held at Malin Head Community Centre and Farren's Bar this Sunday celeb...
19/06/2026

Don't forget this wonderful afternoon event being held at Malin Head Community Centre and Farren's Bar this Sunday celebrating the life of singer John Donovan.

Looking forward to hopefully hearing some songs from Malin Head locals and the Inishowen Traditional Singers Circle.

Rumour has it that Ali Farren has been heard practising his Malin Head repertoire all week!

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Go Visit Inishowen, Donegal Moville Heritage Donegal County Museum Culdaff and Cloncha Heritage Group The Heritage Council Inishowen Heritage Inishowen Independent Inishowen Rivers Trust

Museum Board member, Andrea Mills, modelling one of our new Inishowen Maritime Museum umbrellas!
18/06/2026

Museum Board member, Andrea Mills, modelling one of our new Inishowen Maritime Museum umbrellas!

18/06/2026
09/06/2026

The museum will be closed from 1.30pm on Thursday for staff training and will reopen as normal on Friday.

Big Thank You to Scoil Cholmcille Greencastle Junior & Infants Class who called into see our New State of the Art Plan...
09/06/2026

Big Thank You to Scoil Cholmcille Greencastle Junior & Infants Class who called into see our New State of the Art Planetarium this morning we got 10/10 lots of High Fives and Thumbs up, we hope to see you over the summer Holidays with your Family's ☺️

Well! what an exciting start we've had to the summer!Last week we got our new State of the Art projector system up and r...
09/06/2026

Well! what an exciting start we've had to the summer!

Last week we got our new State of the Art projector system up and running thanks to Marc at Mirador Media Ltd and Mario Di Maggio from Dome Club Ltd and we got to show it off to the huge number of cruise passengers who came through our doors.

A special thanks must go to Niall and the team at Go Visit Inishowen, Donegal for pointing passengers in our direction.

Our planetarium schedule will be available shortly and our new Virtual Reality systems and coffee machine will (hopefully) be up and running in a few weeks. Keep an eye on www.inishowenmaritime.com and social media for updates.

And....to top it all off a successful application for funding from the 'After Hours at the Museum' scheme, means that we will be remaining open until 9pm a couple of days each week throughout the summer. Quiet evenings will be held once a fortnight to allow people with sensory needs to enjoy the space, and a number of lectures and kids evenings are also planned. Again, check out our website and social media in the coming weeks for updates and schedules!

We have a lot of learning to do and a lot more is happening in the background so bear with us while we continue on our journey to make Inishowen Maritime Museum and Planetarium the best Maritime Museum and Planetarium in the country (we're pretty good already)!

Thank you to Fáilte Ireland and the Coast-to-Coast Capital Investment Scheme for their continued support.

Images courtesy of Inishowen Maritime Museum and Moville Heritage.

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Don't forget to come along to our event tomorrow morning at 11am when Caroline Carr from the County Museum and Niamh Bre...
21/05/2026

Don't forget to come along to our event tomorrow morning at 11am when Caroline Carr from the County Museum and Niamh Brennan the County archivist will join us for a fun and engaging session reminiscing about the past.

Donegal County Museum Moville Heritage Go Visit Inishowen, Donegal Culdaff and Cloncha Heritage Group Go Visit Donegal Greencastle Regatta Festival Greencastle Centre Donegal County Council Colgan Hall Inishowen Heritage

Come along to the Inishowen Maritime Museum this Friday 22nd May 11am. We have the pleasure of hosting the Donegal Count...
20/05/2026

Come along to the Inishowen Maritime Museum this Friday 22nd May 11am. We have the pleasure of hosting the Donegal County Museum who will be taken some of there amazing collections from the past to the Inishowen Maritime Museum. Call in for a few laughs a bit of a chat and bring back some of the old memories.

We are delighted to have had the opportunity of meeting some of the team at the Marine Institute - Foras na Mara Galway ...
15/05/2026

We are delighted to have had the opportunity of meeting some of the team at the Marine Institute - Foras na Mara Galway this morning and are looking forward to collaborating on future projects.

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03/05/2026

Address

Old Coast Guard Station
Greencastle

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+353749381363

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