Museums in Cork

Cork City Gaol is a restored 19th-century prison perched on a hilltop in Sunday's Well, offering a vivid look at Victorian-era incarceration through lifelike wax figures and audio installations.

The Cobh Heritage Centre is housed in the restored Victorian railway station at Cobh, Cork's historic harbour town. It tells the story of Irish emigration, the sinking of the Lusitania, and the Titanic's final port of call.

Blackrock Castle Observatory is a 16th-century fortified tower on the banks of the River Lee, 2 km east of the city centre. It has been reimagined as an interactive science centre and observatory run in partnership with University College Cork.

The Butter Museum tells the surprisingly rich story of Ireland's butter trade — once the country's most valuable export — housed in the Shandon Craft Centre, part of the original Cork Butter Exchange complex.

The Cork Public Museum is a civic museum inside Fitzgerald Park covering the social, economic, and political history of Cork city and county. Admission is free.