Blog (Newry) - NMD Museums

Newry and Mourne Museum has arranged tours of the Castle and the galleries and bread making demonstrations, in keeping with the rich heritage of the building.

As part in Iúr Cinn Fleadh, the annual traditional Irish music and community festival in Newry, Newry and Mourne Museum will host guest musicians over the Bank Holiday weekend

To mark the 80^th anniversary of the D-Day landings, two service uniforms worn by local men during World War Two, have now gone on display in Newry and Mourne Museum.

Brian M. Walker, Professor Emeritus of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, explores the significance of a photograph taken of James Craig, the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, and the members of Newry Urban District Council at Newry Town Hall in 1927

Newry and Mourne Museum will host an informal talk about Canal Street in Newry to complement its temporary exhibition, ‘Newry Artists Past and Present’, which is currently running until April 2024.

Newry and Mourne Museum has been honoured with a donation of a portrait miniature of James Harshaw, a leading local affairs figure from Donaghmore, near Newry in the mid-19^th century.

A temporary exhibition on the history and legacy of McCann’s Bakery in Newry is now on display at Newry and Mourne Museum.

Newry Town Hall has been at the centre of the cultural life of Newry and its hinterland for nearly 130 years. Joanne Cummins, Collections Officer at Newry and Mourne Museum,  references some of the local amateur societies and artistes seen there over the decades.

The Reside Collection at Newry and Mourne Museum contains many fascinating treasures for the local historian. The Curator, Dr Ken Abraham, takes a brief look at one of them, a Report on the Kilmorey Estate, which provides an informative insight into the town of Newry in 1860.

Former ward orderly John Davis, will reflect on his working life in Newry, especially on his career at Daisy Hill Hospital

Joanne Glymond, a Museum Assistant at Newry and Mourne Museum, gives you a 'timely' reminder to put your clocks forward on 26th March by taking a look at historic timepieces on display in the Museum. 

A talk on Newry Artist, Margaret Clarke by Carla Briggs, Curator Of Slides School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD.