Cobh Heritage Centre
The Cobh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. It is attached to Cobh railway station.[2]
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| Established | 1993[1] |
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| Location | Lower Road, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51.8488°N 8.299367°W |
| Type | Heritage centre, railway museum |
| Public transit access | Cobh railway station |
| Website | cobhheritage |
The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history. It has held exhibits on life in Ireland through the 18th and 19th centuries, mass emigration, the Great Famine, on penal transportation to Australia, and on the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[3] It also has an exhibition on the history of the RMS Titanic, whose last port of call before it sank was Cobh (then Queenstown).
The centre is a tourist destination, including with visitors from cruise ships, which often dock in Cobh.[4][5] The centre has two onsite gift shops and a café.[6]
References
- Birnbaum, Alexandra M. (1 January 1993). "Birnbaum's Ireland, 1994". HarperPerennial – 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.
- "Lusitania Exhibition". cobhheritage.com. Cobh Heritage Centre. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- "€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.
External links
Cobh Heritage Centre, reconstruction of the interior of an old ship
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