Cork Butter Museum
Músaem Ime Chorcaí
Tells the story of how Cork's 19th-century butter exchange ruled the global market, with old butter casks and bog butter that has lain buried for over a thousand years.
The Cork Butter Museum is next to the former Shandon Butter Exchange. In the 19th century, this was the world's largest butter market, and Cork butter was exported to the Americas and Australia. The museum covers the history of Irish dairying and the butter trade, with displays of churns, wooden casks, and brand packaging. It also features a piece of bog butter that was buried in peat for more than a thousand years. The museum is small but interesting. Admission is about 6 euros, and it is open roughly 10:00 to 17:00 (in winter, only on weekends or with shorter hours). It is a 2-minute walk from Shandon Bells.
Opening hours
About 10:00–17:00 (shorter in winter)
Nearby sights
- St Anne's Church, Shandon (Shandon Bells)
- Crawford Art Gallery
- English Market
- Elizabeth Fort
- Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
- University College Cork
- Fitzgerald's Park
- Cork City Gaol