Organisation : Waterford County Museum
Article Title : Museums and Heritage Centres
Page Title : Introduction
Page Number : 1
Publication Date : 12 May 2013
Expiry Date : Never Expires
Category : Links
URL : https://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/exhibit/web?task=Display&art_id=342&pagenum=1&lang=en

Cobh Heritage Centre - County Cork
Cobh Heritage Centre now offers a unique genealogy search service. Their Genealogical Recordfinder has been designed for people interested in tracing their ancestors but have no knowledge of genealogical records.

The 24 Hour Museum
An excellent website, The 24 Hour Museum is the UK gateway to museums, galleries and heritage attractions. It is quality controlled which means that only museums and galleries registered with the Museums & Galleries Commission, or non-profit making galleries, historic houses and heritage attractions are included on this site.

Museum Link
Museum Link is a site which catagorises and links most of the worlds major museums.

Waterford Treasures Museum
Excellent museum located in the heart of Waterford City. If have an interest in history a visit here should be high on your agenda when you visit Waterford.

Tipperary Historical Society
The homepage of the Tipperary Historical Society containing details on all aspects of this County's history. 

Barwick-In-Elmet Historical Society
The homepage of an English (Leeds based) historical society. Contains a lot of great information on the unique customs of the village.

Bilton Historical Society, Yorkshire
An English Society who have a nice web site on their activities and aims. An example to all historical societies who are not on the web yet.

Kingston Irish Famine Commemoration Association
A Canadian Society. The KIFCA are dedicated to researching Kingston's (Canadian Town) connection to the Irish Famine.

National 1798 Centre, Enniscorthy
This Museum should be visited by anyone with an interest in the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. Highly recommended.

Edgeworth
A very good site on the Irish town of Edgeworth and more particularly the family whom the town is named after. Certainly a complete reference.

Garda Siochana Historical Society
Great site on the history of the Irish police force, with a good selection of links to all things Irish. 

Dromana And District Historical Society, Australia
Dromana, Australia shares it's name with an area in West Waterford. Visit their site and see some of the valuble work they do in preserving their area's history.

Erin-Go-Bragh
A New Jersey based charity which is raising funds for an Irish-American museum , dedicated to preserving the historical contribution made by Irish immigrants to the USA.

Ballyclare Historical Society
This Ulster Historical Society advertises its public lectures on this web site. A brief history of the area is also given along with suggested reading matter. It appears to be a very active society.

The National Print Museum
A nice site which details the work of the National Print Museum. The site gives information on the museums work, exhibits and how to get there.

Glens of Antrim Historical Society
One of the best historical society web sites I have seen. A good example to other local history groups.


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