The role of Donegal County Museum is to collect, record, preserve, communicate and display for the use and enjoyment of the widest community possible, the material evidence and associated information of the history of County Donegal. County Museums are significant in that they are a home for a county’s many historic treasures and they become centres for research, education as well as maintaining high standards of collections care. In Ireland, an official County Museum is one that is operated and funded by a Local Authority. Donegal County Museum is a local authority museum. Currently there are thirteen County Museums throughout Ireland.