The modern pale stone and glass museum building with its bilingual 'músaem museum' sign above a paved forecourt.

Free entry

Galway City Museum

Galway City Museum is the city's municipal museum, opened in 2006 in a purpose-built building beside the Spanish Arch. Its permanent exhibitions cover prehistoric Galway, the medieval walled town, the writer Pádraic Ó Conaire, dance halls, cinema and Galway in the wars of empire, alongside temporary shows.

When to go

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MonClosed

Tue10:00–17:00

Wed10:00–17:00

Thu10:00–17:00

Fri10:00–17:00

Sat10:00–17:00

SunClosed

Nearby

Spanish Arch

monument

St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church

church

Galway Cathedral

church

Free entry

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