Cork Butter Museum
Cork Butter Museum is a butter museum in County Cork. You will find it inside Shandon’s neighbourhood. It comes under The Cork Butter Museum CLG.
Museum in Shandon
Inside Shandon
Cork Butter Museum is inside Shandon’s neighbourhood. Towns near it ↓
Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
The warmest afternoons in Shandon run June to September, at 18–20°C.
Cork Butter Museum
Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages. For a second stop, St. Fin Barre's Cathedral is 1 km away.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- The Cork Butter Museum CLG
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- in Shandon
- Official site
- thebuttermuseum.com
Getting in
- EntryA fee is charged
Finding Cork Butter Museum
Spot Cork Butter Museum in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Shandon’s neighbourhood. · CSO 2022 outline
Where to base yourself
In size, Fair Hill comes first of the 8, with 4,910 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then towns within 20 km.
Shandon
Gurranebraher
Sunday's Well
Cork City Centre
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Cork Butter Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shandon | It’s in town | 3,539 | 26 |
| Gurranebraher | 100 m west of it | 4,502 | 26 |
| Sunday's Well | 100 m west of it | 2,807 | 26 |
| Cork City Centre | 200 m south of it | 3,701 | 26 |
| Blackpool | 300 m northeast of it | 3,124 | 26 |
| Farranree | 400 m north of it | 3,824 | 26 |
| St Luke's | 500 m east of it | 4,278 | 26 |
| Fair Hill | 600 m northwest of it | 4,910 | 31 |
Each has its own page of things to do.
Also within reach
Pair it with 2 cathedrals, 2 abbeys or priories and an art gallery, all within 15 km.
CathedralSt. Fin Barre's Cathedral1 km away2
CathedralCathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne200 m away3
Abbey or prioryRed Abbey1 km away4
Art galleryCrawford Art Gallery400 m away5
FortElizabeth Fort900 m away6ChurchChurchShandon Bells & Tower, St Anne's Church100 m away7Historic houseHistoric houseFirkin Crane Dance Centre100 m away8Abbey or prioryAbbey or priorySt Peter's Cork400 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Cork Butter Museum
Where is Cork Butter Museum?
Cork Butter Museum is in Shandon, Cork, inside the town’s neighbourhood.
What is Cork Butter Museum?
Butter museum in County Cork, Ireland.
Who runs Cork Butter Museum?
The Cork Butter Museum CLG.
How well known is Cork Butter Museum?
Cork Butter Museum has 4 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #246 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.
When is the best time to visit Cork Butter Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Shandon, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Cork Butter Museum?
Within 15 km: St. Fin Barre's Cathedral (1 km), Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne (200 m), Red Abbey (1 km) and Crawford Art Gallery (400 m).
Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Cork Butter Museum: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Fin Barre's Cathedral: Flickr member Charlie cravero, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Red Abbey: HarryLande, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crawford Art Gallery: The Speckled Bird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Elizabeth Fort: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).