Admission to Carrickfergus Museum, and the Andrew Jackson Cottage/ US Rangers Centre is FREE.

Opening hours:

April - October
Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 6.00pm
Sundays 1.00 - 6.00pm

November - March
10.00am - 5.00pm
Sundays 1.00pm - 5.00pm

Carrickfergus Museum is within easy walking distance of the town centre car parks. Disabled parking is adjacent to the building.

Carrickfergus Museum

Located in the heart of the town, the new Carrickfergus Museum explores centuries of history through a range of fascinating collections that are being displayed in their home town for the first time.  Originally established as an Anglo-Norman town in the twelfth cenury, it was the pre-eminent centre for administration and trade in the north of Ireland until it was overtaken by Belfast in the 1700s.  Carrickfergus is the most excavated town in Northern Ireland and the finds provide a remarkable glimpse of life in medieval and later times.