Lovely building, some interesting artefacts. Friendly, folksy butter demo - not much of a focus on facts, but a very personable 'docent'. But how can a museum effectively telling the story of agriculture in this part of Ireland from the start of the nineteenth century, ignore the 'Great Famine'? Particularly as one of the primary contributors to the famine was the fact that landowners/farmers carried on exposing 'cash crops' like butter out of SW Ireland throughout the 1840's? This baffled me. I wonder if the extremely corporate 'Kerrygold' introductory video which you are shown at entry points to the reason behind this...?

The museum is small but was the highlight of our trip to Cork! The staff were friendly and I have a greater appreciation for butter now. Loved listening to the recordings of those involved with the butter business. Their postcards are also very cute and a unique souvenir.

Definitely worth a visit. The exhibits will only take you about an hour - but will give you an interesting bit of Irish and Cork history. The museum is located in the old Butter Market buildings, from which butter was shipped to the entire British Empire.

A really interesting museum, which takes in all the varied and fascinating aspects of Irish butter culture including material culture and the different styles of domestic churns used, the folklore surrounding churning, the history of bog butter and the historical economic importance of Irish butter in global trade. It's quite a niche museum but is really fascinating in how it shows the breadth of how butter relates to wider culture, history and economy. You could probably see it in an hour, and the variety of audio-visual displays, display-cabinets, panels and even an area where you can print your own butter labels would make it an interesting visit for all ages.

Cork Butter Museum was a real surprise. Small but well worth the visit; very interesting and so well set out. The informative video as an introduction was professionally made, just the right length and gave us an excellent insight into the history of Ireland's butter industry. Made us want to go straight out & eat a loaf of soda bread with Kerrygold butter! In addition, Miriam on reception was so enthusiastic and helpful. Thank you.....wish there was a cafe on site!

This place could be totally easily overlooked, but I highly encourage a stop here. While one might think “a museum about butter?” there was a lot of Irish history included which we enjoyed. The docents were personable (ok, who isn’t in Ireland?) and there was also an informative film clip with photos through the years. Anyone with any interest in marketing would be amazed at the early insight of the Irish Dairy Board. Truly remarkable for such a small country to have such control over a particular product on an international basis.