The 300 year old Market House as Shackleton would have known it and home of the museum that now bears his name. Discover the fascinating world of polar exploration at The Shackleton,

Follow in the footsteps of Ireland’s legendary polar explorers as we trace their extraordinary journeys to the edge of the known world.

Experience real footage of Shackleton’s Antarctic journeys in the unique atmosphere of our early 20th century movie theatre.

Join the crew of the Endurance in an astounding escape from their ice-bound ship, a journey that would take them almost a year, with no man left behind. Try your hand at life in the Antarctic and see have you got what it takes to follow ‘the Boss’ to a frozen hell and back!

Explore the Museum’s incredible artefact collection, including the actual sledge and harness used by Shackleton, equipment and food-supplies, a 15-foot model of Shackleton’s ship Endurance, and a unique archive of Shackleton family photographs.

Finally, take a quiet moment to pay your respects to the great explorer himself with a visit to the actual cabin where he met his death on what was to be one last great expedition to the South Pole.

Sir Ernest Shackleton Born close to the village of Kilkea, The Shackleton Museum is an experience like no other. between Castledermot and Athy, in It is our tribute to the world’s greatest polar explorer. the south of County in 1874, Ernest Shackleton is one of the most We open October 2021. famous Polar explorers of all time. See you there. He is renowned for his courage, his care of his comrades, his immense contribution as an explorer, and for the epic escape from the shipwrecked Endurance where, against all odds, Shackleton brought his entire Polar team home across ice and ocean without losing a man.

For more information on this exciting project go to www.shackletonmuseum.com or email [email protected] Join us on our journey. Or simply call us on 00-353-598633075 OPENING OCTOBER 2021 Let’s make it happen. THE SHACKLETON MUSEUM, EMILY SQUARE, ATHY, CO. KILDARE, IRELAND

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Where we have come from... 1920s The Shackleton Museum is the brainchild Cinema of the Athy Heritage Company, a How you can help! community-run project which gained We have come a long way already working with partners in Ireland full Museum Status in 2016. and across the globe to develop the detailed plans, architectural and interpretative solutions that will make The Shackleton Museum one of Glass INTERACTIVE GALLERY the great Polar Museums of the world. Hall of Iceberg Heroes Our vision is to build one of the world’s great polar museums, a national and international reference point for the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration, a hub for research and a must-see Our project has the full support of Government agencies and authorities 1920s CINEMA for polar enthusiasts, cultural tourists, international & domestic visitors alike. and we are now working to raise the match-funds required to make our “ dream a reality. Check out how YOU can help at www.shackletonmuseum.com. All contributions go directly towards the funding of our new Museum.

By 2025 we will be sharing the Shackleton story with 80,000 people annually, combining dramatically increased visitor numbers to “ the Museum with an expanded outreach programme. East Elevation South Elevation Re-live the Voyage The Quest Cabin in which Shackleton died