Shackleton Experience
Shackleton Experience is an Irish museum in Athy about the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Expect a café and guided tours. A short trip away is Whites Castle, 100 m off.
Museum in Athy
Inside Athy
Shackleton Experience is inside Athy’s urban area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. 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.
Weather, month by month
If warmth matters, go June to September: Athy reaches 18–20°C.
Shackleton Experience
In Athy, inside the town’s urban area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Athy
- Official site
- shackletonexperience.ie
The essentials
- EntryA fee is charged
Its place on the map
Shackleton Experience is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Athy’s urban area. · CSO 2022 outline
The towns around Shackleton Experience
The 8 towns are led in size by Athy, with 11,035 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Athy
Ballyroe
Kilberry
Ballylinan
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Shackleton Experience is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athy | It’s in town | 11,035 | 4 |
| Ballyroe | 4.4 km southeast of it | 196 | 3 |
| Kilberry | 5 km northwest of it | 361 | 4 |
| Ballylinan | 6.8 km southwest of it | 1,167 | 1 |
| Kilmead | 7.3 km northeast of it | 372 | 1 |
| Stradbally | 11 km west of it | 1,404 | 6 |
| Ballitore | 11 km east of it | 667 | 3 |
| Nurney | 12 km north of it | 497 | 0 |
More to see nearby
Add 2 castles, 2 gardens and an abbey or priory, all within 15 km.
CastleWhites Castle100 m away2
CastleRheban Castle5.5 km away3
Abbey or prioryCastledermot Round Tower & High Cross & St. David's Graveyard13 km away4
Heritage railwayStradbally Woodland Railway12 km away5GardenGardenBallintubbert Gardens & House6.9 km away6GardenGardenBurtown House Gardens7.5 km away7Historic houseHistoric houseMoone High Cross11 km away8MuseumMuseumBallitore Library & Quaker Museum11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Shackleton Experience: common questions
Where is Shackleton Experience?
Shackleton Experience is in Athy, Kildare, inside the town’s urban area.
What is Shackleton Experience?
Irish museum in Athy about the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
When is the best time to visit Shackleton Experience?
June to September are the warmest months in Athy, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Shackleton Experience?
Within 15 km: Whites Castle (100 m), Rheban Castle (5.5 km), Castledermot Round Tower & High Cross & St. David's Graveyard (13 km) and Stradbally Woodland Railway (12 km).
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 (5)
- Shackleton Experience: Brian Lenehan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whites Castle: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rheban Castle: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castledermot Round Tower & High Cross & St. David's Graveyard: Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stradbally Woodland Railway: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).