Cork Butter Museum

Cork Butter Museum

Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It can be used directly as a spread on food or in cooking, such as in baking, making sauces, and frying. It is a staple food in many parts of the world. Want to learn more about how butter is made? Then visit the Butter Museum located in Cork City, County Cork, Ireland.

The Cork Butter Museum showcases ancient Irish butter culture and the development history of butter trading in Cork. This site was originally a butter exchange that began trading in 1770 and was once one of the largest butter exchanges in the world. Butter from here was exported to Europe, India, South America, and Australia, with annual trade reaching tens of millions of pounds. The museum displays a short video about the manual production of butter, as well as a video about the development of Kerrygold, Ireland’s most famous butter brand. The museum's unique collection includes milk churns, a small wooden barrel containing butter over a thousand years old, butter bricks, and more. Visitors can also learn traditional butter-making techniques here. The museum is open from March to October: 10:00am–5:00pm (10:00am–6:00pm in July and August); and from November to February: 10:00am–3:30pm.

Cork Butter Museum

Why go: Cork’s most unique butter museum

Continent where the attraction is located: Europe【Europe】

Country/Region where the attraction is located: Ireland[Ireland]

Province/State where the attraction is located: County Cork [County Cork]

City where the attraction is located: Cork City [Cork City]