Cork Public Museum

It's not a big museum, but very good to have a bit of exposure to Cork's history. Free entrance. Great for families as it is in the middle of a park

Great place to visit. Lots to see and read. Well worth it. Staff are fab,especially Jessica.

Free admission, it's worth having a look if your near there.

Amazingly diverse exhibitions on display - Cork and so much more!

Really really great exhibits. The staff were so friendly, going out of their way to help me multiple times. There were activity sheets for children and lots of interesting information for adults

Really nice trip here, spent about 40 minutes walking around the exhibits. Some lovely exhibits with interesting information, things I'd never seen in person/heard about before so definitely enjoyed my visit. However the lighting in sections was quite poor making it near impossible to read or clearly see. The two that come to mind most was the display of dresses etc (couldn't see the back ones properly at all) and the traveller exhibit which looked closed it was so dark! Such a shame as both displays were fascinating.

Excellent historical museum covering the various peoples who lived, traded with, influenced and/or pillaged the County and city of Cork, the Venice of the south. Top quality displays, strong themes curated well and fascinating artefacts make the Cork Public Museum a must-see for history, sociology or genealogy buffs.

What an amazing facility to have on our doorstep. It is free and it is open Tuesday to Friday. There are plenty of sanitation stations dotted around the whole museum. It has two floors; ground floor has an array of different exhibits from when Cork was established to present. It was interesting to see and read about Jewtown and to see all the different artifacts. On the first floor, there is an exhibit about the War of Independence and of Traveller culture. Would recommend for all the family to visit and enjoy seeing Corks past

CORK PUBLIC MUSEUM The Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald Park is well and truly up and running again after last winter's flood damage. Called there today to see the Traveller Visibility Group Exhibition which was due to open at 10.00am (according to the Cork City Event Guide for National Heritage Week) and that meant a waste of some time as the Museum doesn't open until 11.00am. Bet you wish you could get a job like that! And you do need time here as, between the permanent displays and the temporary shows, there is so much to see. You can see displays on the city's sports heroes, Roy Keane and Christy Ring among them, on the role of the corporation, the various wars (including the Emergency), the Fashions, Cork Silver and Glass, the International Exhibition of 1902, the last tube made in Dunlop's along with a run through of the area from pre-history right up to the present, replicas of the Cross of Cong and the Cross of Cloyne along with some medieval artefacts and also some ancient stones with ogham script. Here too you'll learn that a meat market was once called a "Shambles" and much much more, including the story of the Aloys Fleischmann family, told through photos and mementoes. The display I came to see, The Traveller Visibility Group Exhibition, was upstairs. Highlights include the Barrel Top Wagon and the Black and White Phony (his hide made up of hundreds of black and white photos of travellers) and the Copper Craft project by the Ennis Travellers. Putting all this together was a learning experience for the travellers, viewing it was a learning experience for me. Dachau is mentioned downstairs in the Fleischmann exhibition and, upstairs, you may see a collection of paintings from the Dachau Art Gallery permanent collection. During the 19th century, artists were drawn to Dachau by the beautiful moorland scenery. Many settled in the town, and it soon became an artists' colony. Captivated by the subtle nuances of colour and light of the Dachau countryside, they took their canvases out into the open - ushering in the era of painting en plein air. Taking painting outdoors meant a shift from the darker canvasses to much lighter and this is easily seen here, in the Schleißheimer Canal by Toni Binder (1868-1944) for example. Really interesting show and there is a decent leaflet on hand to guide you through. Just be sure and leave it there afterwards for the rest of us! I must admit I spent just well over an hour here and that was nowhere near enough. I'll have to go back. Tel+ 353 21 4270679 http://www.corkcity.ie/ourservices/recreationamenityculture/museum/

Cork Public Museum open its doors in 1945 by the administration of University College Cork and was aided grant by the Cork county council. The Cork Public Museum is in Fitzgerald Park on the Mardyke. In the Museum you will get to see collections of the economic, social and municipal history of the city. It was nice to see the very fine collections of Cork silver, Cork Glass and Youghal needlepoint Lace. I think its a very educational Museum to go too, you learn alot about the public history.

It's not on a par with the world's greatest museums, but Cork's public museum does a fine job of telling Cork's colourful history. It tells the story in a rather ordinary way - not like the usual Cork yarns, which is something of a missed chance really. Cork people are champion storytellers. It's in the grounds of Fitzgerald Park, named for JFK, and a lovely place to spend a sunny day. Outside the museum, there's a bust of Michael Collins, Ireland's assassinated hero.

This is a small neat and well laid out museum set in a magnificently maintained park that gives good insight regarding local history. I was wary on a recent visit due to having encountered delinquent staff on two previous occasions, but this time the staff were affable and very professional. This museum is ideally situated if you want some peace or need a break on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon; as the other-half and kids can be left in the picturesque park feeding the ducks or picnicking, while you enjoy the quiet reverence that a museum is apt to entice from it guests. The many artefacts on display are all well documented regarding their provenance, and what part they played in our country's past. What sticks in my mind, though, are some period costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries, which are displayed on mannequins. These are actual bone fide garments that males and females wore in these eras, and what amazed me was the small stature of people back then. Furthermore these are clothes that the aristocrats wore so you can't blame diet for the owner's diminutive sizes. I used to think whenever I saw an 18th or 19th century constructed house or cottage, which had extremely low doorways, that the builders had been scrimping on materials, and didn't mind stooping when entering or leaving, or having their hair brushing the ceiling when inside. Now I know they built them that way because it was height enough.