Galway City Museum
Galway City Museum is a museum in Galway City, County Galway, Ireland. It was founded on 29 July 2006, and is located beside the Spanish Arch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: local authority museum in Galway City, Ireland
- Address: Spanish Parade, Galway
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spanish Arch and Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe.
Spanish Arch
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Spanish Arch and the Caoċ Arch in Galway city, Ireland, are two remaining arches on the Ceann an Bhalla.
Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe
Theater building
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
An Taibhdhearc is the national Irish language theatre of Ireland. It was founded in 1928. The word taibhdhearc means "ghostly vision", from, "taibhse" meaning ghost, and "dearcadh" meaning "view". Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe is situated 250 metres north of Galway City Museum.
Hall of the Red Earl
Archaeological site
Photo: A.-K. D., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hall of the Red Earl is an archaeological site, which is situated 120 metres north of Galway City Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Claddagh and Salthill.
Claddagh
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Claddagh is an area close to the centre of Galway, Ireland, where the River Corrib meets Galway Bay. It was formerly a fishing village, just outside the old city walls.
Salthill
Suburb
Photo: Arnold Unterholzner, CC BY 2.0.
Salthill is a seaside area to the southwest of Galway city centre in the west of Ireland. The area is home to a number of tourist amenities and there is a 2 km long promenade, locally known as "the Prom", which overlooks Galway Bay.
Menlo
Village
Photo: Sharonlflynn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mionlach, commonly known by the anglicised name Menlo or Menlough, is a village and townland in one of the Gaeltacht areas of County Galway, Ireland. It is located about 3 km north of the Galway city centre, near where Lough Corrib outflows into the River Corrib. Menlo is situated 4 km north of Galway City Museum.
Galway City Museum
- Categories: city museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Galway, Connacht, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.26982° or 53° 16′ 11″ northLongitude
-9.05346° or 9° 3′ 13″ westElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Open location code
9C5G7W9W+WJOpenStreetMap ID
node 10028843150OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesGeoNames ID
11749598Wikidata ID
Q2784678
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Italian—“Galway City Museum” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Galway City Museum”
- Catalan: “Galway City Museum”
- Danish: “Galway City Museum”
- German: “Galway City Museum”
- Irish: “Músaem Cathrach na Gaillimhe”
- Italian: “galway city museum”
- “Galway City Museum”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Galway City Museum”. Photo: Shane.Halloran, Public domain.