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Step through the doors of our latest exhibition and transport yourself to a decade of big hair and bold colours. The 1980s in Down was a period where global pop culture collided with the complex local realities of the Troubles. This new exhibition celebrates how a community embraced a rapidly evolving world, finding joy in music, fashion, and sport against a backdrop of political tension.

Down County Museum holds a remarkable collection of medical objects that reveal the changing nature of healthcare, surgery, and everyday hospital life from the 19th century to the late 20th century..

The first edition of the Downpatrick Recorder was published on Saturday, 31st December 1836. Its name was later changed to The Down Recorder in 1878 by Joseph Clarke in response to growin..