Award Winning Museum

All-Ireland Museum of the Year 1999-2000

Irish American Cultural Institute Heritage award 2000

Designation under National Monuments legislation 2001

Commendation European Museum of the Year 2002

All-Ireland Museum of the Year Best Publication 2004-05

12th of 50 Top Irish Delights, Rough Guide to Ireland 2006

Interim Accreditation, Museum Standards Programme for Ireland, 2008

Full Accreditation, MSPI, 2009

All-Ireland Local Authority Museum of the Year 2009