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James Mitchell Geology Museum

James Mitchell Geology Museum is a museum on University Road in Galway, County Galway, 902 m west of Eyre Square. Royal Coat of Arms 1812, Máirín De Valera's Garden and Tesco Express are within 121 m.

Kind
Museums
Street
University Road
From Eyre Square
902 m west
Run by
University of Galway
Dates from
1952
Read more
James Mitchell Geology Museum on Wikipedia
Wheelchair
Accessible
Parking
Car Park 1 on Newcastle Road, 182 m away
Bus stop
NUIG Main Gate (Bus Éireann;City Direct), 71 m away

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Plan of the streets around James Mitchell Geology Museum, 340 metres across
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Plan of the surrounding 300 mPlan of the streets around James Mitchell Geology Museum, 340 metres across

James Mitchell Geology Museum in pictures

James Mitchell Geology Museum
James Mitchell Geology Museum
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Getting to James Mitchell Geology Museum

By car
Park at Car Park 1 on Newcastle Road, 182 m away, paid.
By bus
The nearest stop is NUIG Main Gate, served by Bus Éireann;City Direct, 71 m away, with a shelter.
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

16 places to eat and drink within 300 m: Mr Waffle (125 m), Apache Pizza (148 m), Subway (151 m) and Here for Now (162 m) and more.

4 shops within 300 m, including Tesco Express, Londis and Student's Union Shop.

University Road itself has 8 named places on the map, and 2 car parks along it.

Other sites within 3 km: Royal Coat of Arms 1812 (75 m), Máirín De Valera's Garden (115 m), Saint Patrick (132 m), College Park (145 m) and Zoology Museum (154 m).

Opening hours

Mon
10:00-16:00
Tue
10:00-16:00
Wed
10:00-16:00
Thu
10:00-16:00
Fri
10:00-16:00
Sat
Not recorded
Sun
Not recorded

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

Within a short walk

  1. 75 m
  2. 115 m
  3. Tesco Express
    Convenience stores
    121 m
  4. Mr Waffle
    Cafés
    125 m
  5. Saint Patrick
    Monuments
    132 m
  6. 142 m
  7. 145 m
  8. Apache Pizza
    Takeaways
    148 m

Also on University Road

  1. Cathedral
    Bike hire
  5. Mr Waffle
    Cafés
  7. Tesco Express
    Convenience stores

Everything on University Road

Other museums around Galway

  1. 154 m
  2. Galway Arts Centre
    Dominick Street Lower
    776 m
  3. 853 m
  4. Galway City Museum
    Spanish Parade
    1.0 km

All 5 museums around Galway

Questions people ask

Where is James Mitchell Geology Museum?
On University Road in Galway, 902 m west of Eyre Square; the nearest car park is 182 m away.
When is James Mitchell Geology Museum open?
The map records Mo-Fr 10:00-16:00. 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 Zoology Museum, 154 m away.

Source record: OpenStreetMap node/1869907092, read on 2026-09-18. The street is the mapped address where there is one, otherwise the nearest named road. Distances are straight lines.