Cobh Museum — Attraction in Municipal District of Cobh

The Cobh Museum, is in the small historic 1854 Scots Presbyterian Church building overlooking Cork Harbour. It has a wide collection of exhibits, photographs, books, artifacts and memorabilia reflecting in varied themes, the cultural, social, commercial and maritime history of the town.

It houses a number of rare and interesting documents including log books, manifests (prisoner lists etc) of ships that sailed to Australia, as well as the last written record for the RMS Titanic in the Pilot's Log book. The museum also contains historic information on the Presbyterian Church and includes a genealogical reference service to visitors tracing their ancestors.

It's a voluntary museum and run on a not-for-profit basis. The volunteer staff member on attendance when I visited was most welcoming...

A very disappointing experience, and the worst experience ever in Ireland I’ve had and that’s really saying something! The man at the door was the most nasty and most intimidating person one would ever have the misfortune of ever having to deal with. He was grumpy, uncouth and extremely unpleasant to ever talk to. And to cap it all, the. Museum has no context whatsoever to any of the exhibits on display regarding the sinking of the Lusitania or stuff like that. Zero out of five stars if...

Located in Cobh in an old church which is lovely to look at. Some historic pieces in a very old style museum. Not very big and it will take up 45 minutes of your time for €10 for a family. Not a lot for the kids to see. Not an interactive museum which would be the...