FAQs

Researchers are welcome. Please make an appointment by contacting the museum by phone, email or by calling into the museum.  

We want to be open and accessible to all and to ensure that the widest number of visitors can enjoy the building, the museum collection and the variety of exhibitions and events on offer. The following information may be of assistance when planning your museum visit.  If you need assistance during your visit, please ask a staff member at the main entrance where the reception is located. If you have any further enquiries, please get in touch: Email: museum@donegalcoco.ie; Phone: +353 (0)74 9124613  

• There is a lift to the first floor exhibition gallery.
• Accessible parking spaces are located in the car park beside the museum. 
• We have a wheelchair accessible toilet.   

You cannot take photographs of specific objects that are on display in the Museum. Please ask a member of staff if you wish to take general photographs of your visit.  

We are happy to provide advice on the care of objects. We encourage people to ensure the future preservation of, and public access to artefacts, by donating them to Donegal County Museum.  

No we do not give valuations for any items.   

Donegal County Museum does not undertake family history research on behalf of the public. However, we are available to provide advice on local and family history research.  We have developed a resource publication to help guide you on your search for your Donegal ancestors ‘Your Donegal Family' 

This is unique digital collection of film archive material on Derry and Donegal. It contains 90 hours of programmes, documentaries, feature films, shorts and news footage from some of the major televisions channels as well as Super 8 amateur film and home video dating back over 50 years. The archive is available for viewing in the Museum free of charge without appointment.  

This is a unique digital collection of archive material relating to the islands of County Donegal. The archive provides free public access to nearly 40 hours of film, television and radio material through items such as newsreels, television and radio news and documentaries.  

The audio and visual material contained in this archive will give an understanding of the social history of the offshore islands of County Donegal from the 1950s to the present day. The archive is available for viewing in the Museum free of charge without appointment.  

We are not sure. Dinosaurs lived from 245 to 66 million years ago but most of Ireland's rocks are the wrong age for dinosaurs, either too old or too young, making it nearly impossible to confirm dinosaurs existed on these shores. Only two dinosaur fossil bones have been found in Ireland, both from the same location on the Country Antrim coast.