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Built in 1890, this fine building is where the city council meet. It's just outside the city walls, and for decades its councillors saw their role as shutting the Catholics out of housing and jobs as effectively as the walls shut out King James. It therefore became a target for nationalists and was twice bombed. It contains a museum exhibit on the history of Derry, a small exhibit on the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and houses the Nobel, Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr peace prizes of John Hume. In summer there are guided tours, £3.
Formerly the city's main museum. The collections are now transferring to the DNA museum east of the river (see below) so there’s limited content.
Apprentice Boys Memorial Hall
This is the fraternity house of Apprentice Boy societies worldwide. It also houses the Siege Museum detailing the history of the Boys and their prominent role in the 1689 Siege.
This is the cathedral of the Church of Ireland (Anglican) Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. It was built in 1633 and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Excellent museum of the Northern Ireland conflict: the march of civil rights, Bloody Sunday and its long aftermath from the republican side. Walking tours of the Bogside start from here.
Intended as a follow-on from the Free Derry Museum, this is about recent oral history. It’s within the Gasyards Community Centre.
This was built as the terminus of the GNR Irish standard gauge line from Omagh, but most of the exhibition is about the narrow-gauge railways that weaved and wended across Donegal. It’s now run by Destined, a charity for adults with learning difficulties.