Monaghan County Museum
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Músaem Chontae Mhuineacháin | |
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  Location within Ireland | |
| Established | 1974 |
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| Location | 1-2 Hill Street, Monaghan, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°14′52″N 6°58′21″W / 54.24784°N 6.97252°W |
| Type | County museum |
| Curator | Liam Bradley |
| Website | www |
Monaghan County Museum (Irish: Músaem Chontae Mhuineacháin) is a museum which documents the history of County Monaghan.
First opened in 1974, it was the first full-time, professionally staffed, and local authority funded Irish local museum.[1] The museum was housed in Monaghan Courthouse in the centre of Monaghan town until a fire in 1981, which gutted the building. After rescuing the collections, the museum was moved for a period to St Macartan's College. In 1990 the museum reopened in the current premises of 1-2 Hill Street, which were originally two town houses dating from the 1860s, that were converted for the museum's use. The museum has won a number of awards over the years, including Council of Europe Museum Prize in 1980, and the Gulbenkian - Norwich Union Award for Best Collections Care in 1993.[2]
