Enhance Your Visit

Guided Tours 

Tours of the Museum and its exhibitions are available for free. Tours should be booked at least two weeks in advance by contacting the Museum on 074 9124613 E museum@donegalcoco.ie Tours are subject to staff availability.  

Schools, please note the following:  

• You should bring at least one adult per 15-20 students  
• Large groups/classes may be divided into smaller groups for tours   
• Teacher/leader must remain with each group at all times and are responsible for their behaviour.                      

Archaeology Box Workshop   

Museum staff can deliver workshops with the Archaeology Box. The Archaeology box contains artefacts real and replica from the Stone Age to the Viking period which the children can handle. This service is offered free of charge but pre-booking is required. Suitable for 2nd class and above.                                                                 

‘Donegal Museum Detectives’ Backpack  

This fun and educational backpack is available to borrow free of charge on your school visit to the Museum. It contains a variety of activities which have been designed to engage children with our exhibitions. This service is offered free of charge but pre-booking is required. Suitable for 1st Class and above.   

Donegal County Museum can visit your school with the following services which are offered free of charge. Pre booking is required and is subject to staff availability:  

Archaeology Box Workshop                                                             

The Archaeology box contains artefacts real and replica from the Stone Age to the Viking period which children can handle. For a facilitated workshop with the Archaeology Box please contact the Museum. 

Pop Up Museum                                                                                     

The Museum can arrange to create a Pop-Up Museum in your classroom or school. Children are invited to bring along an object relating to a particular theme and Museum staff will assist them to write a label to describe what the object means to them. The object is then put on display. At the end of the session, the object is returned. Themes can include “The Oldest Thing I Have’ and “My Culture”. 

Talks                                                                                

Donegal County Museum can give talks on a range of subjects including: ‘Donegal and World War I’, ‘County Donegal in 1916’,  ‘Donegal Partition and the Border’ and many other topics relating to Donegal’s history and heritage. 

Please contact Donegal County Museum on 074 9124613 E museum@donegalcoco.ie for bookings or further information  

Donegal County Museum has developed a number of exhibitions, which are available for loan to schools. The exhibitions consist of pop-up information stands on themes such as the  Local Heroes of World War I, The Easter Rising and The Workhouses of County Donegal.  

For more information and bookings, please contact Donegal County Museum. This service is offered free of charge.  

The Museum has published a variety of booklets which may be useful for those researching or completing projects on the history and heritage of County Donegal. They are available free of charge to teachers:   

• From Conflict to Division - Donegal 1919 - 1925  
•  UNCOVER & REDISCOVER Donegal  
•  Your Donegal Family - A Guide to Genealogy Resources in Donegal County Council’ 
• The Workhouses of Donegal 

For further information on these resources available please contact Donegal County Museum.  

Email: museum@donegalcoco.ie  

Our general tour is designed to give an introduction to the museum and its environs, and an overview of the current exhibitions, focusing on a number of key objects in the collection. We encourage questions and interaction during our tours.

(45-60 minutes) 

Our introductory tour is designed to give a background to the museum and its environs, and an introduction to the current exhibitions. 

(20 minutes)   

Looking for something else? With advance notice, a theme-specific or exhibition-specific tour may be arranged. Please feel free to contact us with your ideas. 

(30 minutes)  

Groups are free to come and visit the museum without booking a tour. We just ask that you let us know in advance that your group will be visiting us. Please contact Donegal County Museum on 074 9124613 or email museum@donegalcoco.ie  

Through our Archaeology Box, you will learn about the Archaeology of County Donegal. The Archaeology box contains artefacts real and replica from the Stone Age to the Viking period. Children and adults are able to handle the artefacts and learn about the archaeology of County Donegal. We can visit your group/school with the Archaeology Box or you can have a facilitated workshop during your visit to the Museum. This service is offered free of charge but pre-booking is required.  

Search for clues and discover more about the history of Donegal with the Museum Detectives backpack. This fun and educational backpack is free to borrow when you visit the Museum and contains a series of activities for children of all ages.  There are artefacts to find, stories to create and puzzles to solve.  

This project was funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.