Tower Museum, Derry - Londonderry - geograph

The Tower Museum is a museum on local history in Derry,

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. The museum is located in Union Hall Place, within a historic tower just inside the city walls, near the

Guildhall A guildhall, also known as a "guild hall" or "guild house", is a historical building originally used for tax collecting by municipalities or merchants in Great Britain and the Low Countries. These buildings commonly become town halls and in som ...

. The museum has two permanent exhibits; ''The Story of Derry'' which presents the history of Derry from its prehistoric origins to the present, and ''An Armada Shipwreck – La Trinidad Valencera'' which details the local shipwreck from the Spanish Armada. Tower Museum is the home of the

Mabel Colhoun Mabel Colhoun (2 November 19051992), was a Derry-based pioneering photographer, teacher and archaeologist. Biography Mabel Remington Colhoun was born on 2 November 1905 in Derry to John Colhoun and Lizzie Johnston Gordon. Her family were orig ...

collection. The Museum also has temporary exhibits throughout the year. The top of the museum has an open air viewing facility, which provides panoramic views of the city centre and the River Foyle. The museum opened in 1992 and has won a number of awards. It covers the political conflict that has affected the history of the city.

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Tower Museum website
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