Please note we will be operating winter hours from 1st September 2023

Inishowen Maritime Museum

Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium is located at the Old Coast Guard station over looking Greencastle Harbour on the banks of the beautiful Lough Foyle. It is situated beside the Lough Foyle ferry entrance; this passenger/car ferry service runs between Greencastle and Magilligan, Co. Derry

If you wish to contact us or have any queries on our new full-dome digital theatre please do not hesitate to call the museum on (00353) 074 9381363.

Note: During winter hours, planetarium shows are not presented at pre-set times. As long as a staff member is present to run the shows, they are available anytime on a walk-in basis. (min 6 persons for unscheduled shows during winter opening hours)

For information or bookings, call 074 938 1363.

From N.I. & U.K.: 00 353 74 938 1363

Family and group rates available. School groups especially welcome!

Open All Year Round

Summer Opening

April – 1st September

Monday – Saturday

10.00am – 5:30pm

Sunday

12.00pm – 5pm

Last admission 4.00pm

Winter Opening

1st September – April

Monday – Friday

10.30am – 4.00pm

Last admission 3.30pm

Other times by appointment

Films of Greencastle Past Now on Museum’s YouTube Page

We are proud to showcase a number of films from Greencastle’s past, which includes the Foyle Warrior and Northern Celt arriving in Greencastle for their official Launch, Sea Angling in Greencastle in the 1950’s, Opening of Inishowen Maritime Memorial by President Mary Robinson, 6th of June 1997, The Blessing of The Boats in Greencastle 2001 and much more. To watch these films please visit our YouTube page Inishowen Maritime Museum or click on this link YouTube.com/@inishowenmaritimemuseum . We would Like to thank Hugh McHenry for donating these films to the Maritime Museum

Music at the Maritime Concert being held at the Museum

We are proud to announce that Inishowen Maritime Museum will be holding “Music at the Maritime”, a series of music concerts being played by a number of different bands/groups. Tickets are being sold for €15 each on www.eventbrite.ie , just search for the the names and follow the instructions.

Here is the line up for the concert.

Sick & Indigent Song Club – 18th August

Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne – 1st September

Jimmy Crowley & Eve Telford – 29th September

Donegal Camerata – 3rd November

 

Here is the eventbrite link for the first concert by Sick & Indigent Song Club, the links for the other concerts will be posted the closer we get to them. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/music-at-the-maritime-the-sick-and-indigent-song-club-concert-tickets-678738594407?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 

 

For more information please email us at greencastlemaritime@outlook.com