Blog (Newry) - NMD Museums

How did we share news before smartphones? This week, Newry and Mourne Museum highlights fascinating objects from its collection that show how people have communicated, connected, and documented their lives throughout history.

In this week’s article, we take a closer look at the work of Newry Inner Wheel, a women-led voluntary organisation, and explore its long history of service and community involvement in the local area.

Newry & Mourne Museum recently received a significant donation from the Duncan family from Cornwall.

The recent relocation of civil registration services from Newry Town Hall to Newry and Mourne Museum offers a timely opportunity to look back at where the story began.

This week we take a look at hats and how they reflect the societies in which we live

In this week's article we look at the linen industry in the 18 century

To concide the 2026 Eurovision this week's article focuses on Newry's close ties with the contest.

As part of the Homes for Everyone PEACEPLUS project, we are launching a series of events dedicated to the history of social housing.

Happy birthday to us!

In this week's article we take a look the history of floriography, the language of flowers

In this week's article we continue with the history of Newry News Room

This week, Newry and Mourne Museum is revisiting one of the town’s most storied enterprises: the Matt D’Arcy and Co. distillery, a business that helped shape Newry’s industrial identity for more than a century.