Tower Museum
Tower Museum is a local history museum. You will find it inside Derry City’s settlement. 10 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by St. Eugene's Cathedral (600 m).
Museum in Derry City
Inside Derry City
Tower Museum is inside Derry City’s settlement, with 9 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Afternoons in Derry City peak at 18–19°C, June to August.
Tower Museum
It is written up in 3 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Derry City
- Official site
- towermuseumcollections.com
The essentials
- EntryA fee is charged
Getting to Tower Museum
Orange is Tower Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Derry City’s settlement. · NISRA settlement development limit 2015
Towns close to Tower Museum
With 85,279 people, Derry City is the largest of the 7. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.
Derry City
Newbuildings
Eglinton
Strabane
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Tower Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derry City | It’s in town | 85,279 | 10 |
| Newbuildings | 4 km southwest of it | 2,837 | 9 |
| Eglinton | 9.5 km east of it | 3,571 | 0 |
| Strabane | 22 km southwest of it | 13,507 | 2 |
| Limavady | 25 km east of it | 11,729 | 4 |
| Dungiven | 27 km east of it | 3,346 | 2 |
| Castlederg | 37 km southwest of it | 2,980 | 1 |
Close to Tower Museum
10 more lie within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 cathedrals and an art gallery among them.
CathedralSt. Eugene's Cathedral600 m away2
CathedralSt Columb's Cathedral400 m away3
MuseumFoyle Valley Railway Museum700 m away4MuseumMuseumMuseum of Free Derry300 m away5Art galleryArt galleryVoid Derry100 m away6CastleCastleAltinaghree Castle14 km away7MuseumMuseumPeacemakers Museum800 m away8FortFortHeritage Tower600 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Tower Museum
Where is Tower Museum?
Tower Museum is in Derry City, Derry City and Strabane, inside the town’s settlement.
What is Tower Museum?
Local history museum in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Tower Museum?
June to August are the warmest months in Derry City, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Tower Museum?
Within 15 km: St. Eugene's Cathedral (600 m), St Columb's Cathedral (400 m), Foyle Valley Railway Museum (700 m) and Museum of Free Derry (300 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Tower Museum: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Eugene's Cathedral: Romeparis, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Columb's Cathedral: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Foyle Valley Railway Museum: NearEMPTiness, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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