Blog (December 2025) - NMD Museums

In this weeks blog we take a look at Christmas ghost stories specially during the Victorian period. 

As the year draws to a close, communities across Ireland prepare to mark one of the most ancient events in the calendar, the winter solstice.

While we might not have a T-Rex hidden in our store, Down County Museum holds a rich collection of fossils. In this blog, we explore some of these in more depth and how they form part of County Down's geological history. 

Visit Newry and Mourne Museum with your children to see the new Christmas display and enjoy the new sesaonal trail with additional sound effects.

We continue with our look at the history of the Newry Ship Canal with local historian, Sean Patterson.