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  1. Temporary Exhibitions
    Down County Museum Temporary Exhibitions
    Visit our temporary exhibitions at Down County Museum.
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    Newry & Mourne Museum Temporary Exhibitions
    Find out more about our temporary exhibitions.
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This Week

Fashion Image
LocationNewry
Ashes to Fashion: A Collection Reborn

Openings

Season

2nd May 2026

A lecture about the Ulster Museums' dress and textiles collection

Merchant's Quay, Newry
LocationNewry
"Making Waves: Newry's rise as a global trade centre"

Openings

Season

16th October 2025-30th September 2026

New exhibition at Newry and Mourne Museum

Celtic Art Tattoo
LocationNewry
Categorically Celtic

Openings

Season

12th March 2026-30th September 2026

A new temporary exhibition looking at the history of Celtic art, from the Iron Age to the present…

DOWDM:1998_61: Nevill Johnson, Kilkeel Shipyard (1943).
LocationEnglish Street, Downpatrick
Industria

Openings

Season

29th April 2026-27th June 2026

Explore the industries of County Down and the artists they inspired.

two punks in Downpatrick in the 1980s
LocationEnglish Street, Downpatrick
Partying Down in the 1980s

Openings

Season

17th April 2026-27th February 2027

This exhibition explores what life was really like in the 1980s, revealing how, against all odds,…

Next Week

Two animated dinosaurs
LocationNewry
Stop Frame Animation

Openings

Season

3rd May 2026

Learn your own animation

Fashion Image
LocationNewry
Ashes to Fashion: A Collection Reborn

Openings

Season

2nd May 2026

A lecture about the Ulster Museums' dress and textiles collection

Merchant's Quay, Newry
LocationNewry
"Making Waves: Newry's rise as a global trade centre"

Openings

Season

16th October 2025-30th September 2026

New exhibition at Newry and Mourne Museum

Celtic Art Tattoo
LocationNewry
Categorically Celtic

Openings

Season

12th March 2026-30th September 2026

A new temporary exhibition looking at the history of Celtic art, from the Iron Age to the present…

DOWDM:1998_61: Nevill Johnson, Kilkeel Shipyard (1943).
LocationEnglish Street, Downpatrick
Industria

Openings

Season

29th April 2026-27th June 2026

Explore the industries of County Down and the artists they inspired.

two punks in Downpatrick in the 1980s
LocationEnglish Street, Downpatrick
Partying Down in the 1980s

Openings

Season

17th April 2026-27th February 2027

This exhibition explores what life was really like in the 1980s, revealing how, against all odds,…

Next Month

Two animated dinosaurs
LocationNewry
Stop Frame Animation

Openings

Season

3rd May 2026

Learn your own animation

Fashion Image
LocationNewry
Ashes to Fashion: A Collection Reborn

Openings

Season

2nd May 2026

A lecture about the Ulster Museums' dress and textiles collection

Merchant's Quay, Newry
LocationNewry
"Making Waves: Newry's rise as a global trade centre"

Openings

Season

16th October 2025-30th September 2026

New exhibition at Newry and Mourne Museum

Fixing Our Broken Planet Logo
LocationNewry
Flowering Talk

Openings

Season

9th May 2026

A talk on the craft known as 'flowering'.

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