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Museums & Galleries: Armagh County Museum, N. Ireland Big Pit National Mining Musem, Wales British Empire Museum, England Ceredigion Museum, Wales Down County Museum, N. Ireland Harbour Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, N. Ire. Museum of Welsh Life, Wales National Library of Wales, Wales National Portrait Gallery, Wales North Down Heritage Centre, N. Ireland Old Bushmills Distillery, N. Ireland Palace Stables Heritage Centre, N. Ire. Roman Legionary Museum, Wales Royal Yacht Britannia, Scotland Tower Museum, Derry, N. Ireland Ulster American Folk Park, N. Ireland Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, N. Ire. Ulster History Park, N. Ireland Ulster Museum, N. Ireland Workhouse Museum, Derry, N. Ireland ................................................. _________________________________

County Armagh attractions: Ardress House The Argory Armagh County Museum Lough Neagh Discovery Centre Navan Fort Palace Stables Heritage Centre St Patrick's C. of I. Cathedral St Patrick's R. C. Cathedral ................................................. _________________________________

Lough Neagh Discovery Centre Craigavon, Co. Armagh, BT66 6NJ, UK. Tel. +44 (0) 28 3832 2205

The Lough Neagh Discovery Centre is located in a beautiful setting on the southern shores of Lough Neagh, the UK's largest lake, in County Armagh.

The award-winning centre opened in 1993, and lies on Oxford Island, a small peninsula that juts out from the northern shores of Armagh. It has a range of excellent audiovisual presentations, interactive games, and exhibitions relating to the history, culture and wildlife of the area. The centre also hosts environmental events such as bird watching and nature walks which follow trails leading through the surrounding woodlands and wetlands of the 270-acre Oxford Island National Nature Reserve.

The reserve is a haven for birdlife, as well as wildlife and plants, and attracts many ornithologists. There are bird-watching hides with dramatic views over the lough, from where waterfowl and other species of birds can be observed in their natural habitats. The discovery centre also contains a café and a gift shop. There are facilities for watersports and boat trips along the secluded bays of the lough's shores from the marina at nearby Kinnego Bay, which lies just to the east.

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UK Museums & Galleries in our Museum Gallery section:

Armagh County Museum
Big Pit National Mining Musem
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Ceredigion Museum
Down County Museum
Harbour Museum
Lough Neagh Discovery Centre
Museum of Welsh Life
National Library of Wales
National Portrait Gallery
North Down Heritage Centre
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Palace Stables Heritage Centre
Roman Legionary Museum
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Tower Museum
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