About Carrickfergus Museum
Carrickfergus is one of Northern Ireland's oldest towns and the most archaeologically explored, with centuries of digs around its Norman castle, medieval streets and harbour. The museum, run by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, was created to display the finds from that work and tell the story of the town from the medieval period to modern times through the lives of ordinary people.
It sits in the Museum and Civic Centre building on Antrim Street, holding objects excavated locally together with the council's civic collection and material loaned from private and national sources. A dedicated Community Archive gathers the social history of the area, letting residents contribute their own photographs, documents and memories to the record.