Carlow County Museum

The museum was founded by the Carlow Historical & Archaeological Society (CHAS), then the Old Carlow Society, in 1973, and was run by the society on a voluntary basis until 2002. The museum was opened afresh in the redeveloped convent building in 2012, the last of the buildings to open in a new cultural quarter. ==Exhibits==

The museum consists of four exhibition rooms, housing permanent and temporary displays. Its collection includes objects that cover the archaeological, history, social history and folk life of the local area. It is designated to collect archaeological finds by the National Museum of Ireland. Other objects in the Museum's collections pertain to John Tyndall, Kevin Barry, Captain Myles Kehoe, and the Carlow Sugar Factory. The museum unveiled an installation as part of the "Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme", the Carlow 1916 Commemorative Stained Glass Panel by Peadar Lamb, depicts a Carlow narrative on the 1916 Rising, featuring some of the key Carlow figures and the role they played in 1916. There was a special exhibition about St. Willibrord titled: Saint Willibrord, Patron Saint of Luxembourg and his County Carlow Connection. Later exhibits include the grave effigy of Robert Hartpole, Constable of Carlow Castle and High Sheriff of Carlow, dating from 1594. ==See also==