Garvagh Museum News

Record number of visitors came to Garvagh Museum and Heritage Centre over the holiday weekend where a special temporary exhibition had been mounted.  The theme was in keeping with the annual Twelfth Celebrations in the town and visitors were able to see a collection of banners and artefacts related to the Orange Tradition in the wider area.

Central to the exhibition, which took up its own gallery space, were banners demonstrating the art work of talented banner painters over the last fifty years.  Colourful and beautifully painted they gave close up views of some of the rich historical scenes linked to the Orange tradition.

There were also a range of artefacts including examples of the traditional lambeg drums and emblems, the oldest of which is a flag dating back almost 150 years.   The exhibition mounted especially for the season added a festival flavour to proceedings in the town.

For only the normal entry fee being £2 per adult and £1 per child visitors spent time browsing the contents of the five themed galleries in the museum seeing a wealth of local history throughout the centuries captured and preserved as well as visiting the special exhibition gallery.