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Galway City Museum

Galway City Museum is a museum on Spanish Parade in Galway, County Galway, 589 m south-west of Eyre Square. Galway Tourist Information Centre, Dillon Leech Solicitors and Ard Bia at Nimmo's are within 34 m.

Kind
Museums
Street
Spanish Parade
From Eyre Square
589 m south-west
Read more
Galway City Museum on Wikipedia
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 137 m away
Bus stop
Jury's Hotel (Bus Éireann), 87 m away

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Plan of the streets around Galway City Museum, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around Galway City Museum, 340 metres across

Galway City Museum in pictures

Galway City Museum
Galway City Museum
Shane.Halloran at English Wikipedia, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Getting to Galway City Museum

By car
Park at Spanish Arch Car Park on Kirwan's Lane, 137 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is Jury's Hotel, served by Bus Éireann, 87 m away.
Directions from where you are
Open the model above, tap the pin and choose “Directions here”; the route is drawn from your own position.

While you are there

86 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Ard Bia at Nimmo's (34 m), Thai Garden (39 m), Eastern Tandoori (43 m) and Boojum (53 m) and more.

49 shops within 300 m, including Cobwebs, Claddagh and Celtic Jewellery and Aran Sweater Market.

Spanish Parade itself has 4 named places on the map, and 1 car park along it.

Other sites within 3 km: Christopher Columbus Monument (112 m), Blake's Castle (124 m), Hall of the Red Earl (131 m), Claddagh Ring Museum (171 m) and Pat Bracken 1951-2010 (177 m).

Opening hours

Mon
Not recorded
Tue
10:00-17:00
Wed
10:00-17:00
Thu
10:00-17:00
Fri
10:00-17:00
Sat
10:00-17:00
Sun
Not recorded

As recorded on OpenStreetMap on 2026-09-18; bank holidays may differ.

Within a short walk

  1. 15 m
  2. 31 m
  3. 34 m
  4. Thai Garden
    Restaurants
    39 m
  5. Eastern Tandoori
    Restaurants
    43 m
  6. Boojum
    Takeaways
    53 m
  7. 63 m
  8. Rè Nao
    Restaurants
    67 m

Also on Spanish Parade

  1. Boojum
    Takeaways
  2. Eastern Tandoori
    Restaurants

Everything on Spanish Parade

Other museums around Galway

  1. 171 m
  2. Galway Arts Centre
    Dominick Street Lower
    276 m
  3. 947 m
  4. 1.0 km

All 5 museums around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is Galway City Museum?
On Spanish Parade in Galway, 589 m south-west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 137 m away.
When is Galway City Museum open?
The map records Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00. The table above shows it day by day, and the badge at the top says whether it is open at this moment.
Are there other museums nearby?
4 other museums around $Galway; the closest is Claddagh Ring Museum, 171 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/10028843150, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.