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Year round, Donegal County Museum hosts a diverse programme of exhibitions.  Our aim is to cater to a wide spectrum of visitors by showing exhibitions that are of local, national and international interest.  

On your visit to the museum, the first-floor exhibition gallery tells the story of Donegal from Prehistory to the Twentieth century.  We also hold a series of temporary exhibitions throughout the year, which cover a wide range of topics. 

Borrow & Contribute

Donegal County Museum have curated several exhibitions, which are available to borrow free of charge for organisations, community groups and venues throughout County Donegal, subject to certain loan conditions.  Please contact the Museum for further details. Call: +35374 9124613 Email: museum@donegalcoco.ie  

Theses exhibitions consist of free-standing or pop-up display boards on a variety of themes:   

  • Connection and Division - Donegal 1910-1930 
  • The Railways of Co Donegal
  • Remembering World War I- The Donegal Story
  • County Donegal in 1916
  • Donegal & the Easter Rising &‘Dún na nGall agus Éirí Amach na Cásca'
  • Donegal Local WWI Heroes
  • 'A Vanished World' - The Landed Gentry of County Donegal
  • 'A Long Farewell' - The Emigration of Donegal Women 1845 - 1955
  • Donegal Workhouses 

Have you or a family member ever worked in Scotland?  Do you have photographs or memories that you would be willing to share?  Donegal County Council is working on a major exhibition to document the working experiences of Donegal people in Scotland.   

The Culture Division of Donegal County Council (Heritage Office, Museum, Archives, Library Service, Regional Cultural Centre and Arts Office) in partnership with the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies is preparing a major exhibition on the historical context, working conditions and types of employment that Donegal men and women found in Scotland. The exhibition will focus on a variety of industries and workplaces in Scotland from 1940 to 1990 including farms, buses, railways, building sites, engineering projects (such as tunnels, bridges, dams or hydro-electric schemes), shipbuilding, domestic service, factories, health service and religious life .   

If you are willing to share your story, contact the County Donegal Heritage Office on (074) 917 2576 or e-mail at heritage@donegalcoco.ie 

If you have photographs of Donegal men or women at work in Scotland, they can be scanned free-of-charge at the County Museum in Letterkenny, the County Archives in Lifford or the libraries in Derrybeg, Dungloe, Donegal Town, Bundoran, Raphoe, Buncrana, Moville, Milford and Letterkenny.   

If you have items or objects relating to your work in Scotland (such as boat or bus tickets, hand tools, work cards, uniforms, letters, suitcases and their contents) that you would be willing to lend for the exhibition, please contact the County Museum on (074) 912 4613 or by e-mail at museum@donegalcoco.ie  

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