12:19, 25 Dec 2025<\/p>\n
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Construction work is under way at the new museum <\/p>\n
Construction is under-way on a multimillion-pound museum which will explore Londonderry’s historical maritime links.<\/p>\n
The Derry North Atlantic (DNA) Museum<\/a> in Ebrington Square is expected to opens in 2027.<\/p>\n The museum will tell the story of the city’s close connection with the North Atlantic, particularly the ebb and flow of migration.<\/p>\n The coastal waters off the city are also the final resting place for a number of Spanish Armada ships including the galleon La Trinidad Valencera.<\/p>\n Restored artefacts from the galleon will be on display in the museum.<\/p>\n Its six art galleries and archive discovery zone will tell the story of Derry’s role in the longest naval campaign of the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n The museum was designed by Todd Architects and will include new construction alongside the restoration of two listed 1840s military structures.<\/p>\n Gavin Robinson of Todd Architects said: “You don’t want to put new interventions in to make it look like a mish-mash. You want somebody to stand there and go, ‘that’s the old bit and that’s the new bit’.”<\/p>\n The Derry City & Strabane District Council-led project has received City Deal Inclusive Future Funding administered through Tourism Northern Ireland<\/a>, along with support from the Executive Office, the National Lottery<\/a> Heritage Fund and the Department for Communities, with additional funding from Garfield Weston & Galewest Investments and the Wolfson Foundation.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage <\/strong>here<\/a><\/strong> and <\/strong>sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a><\/strong> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is expected to open in 2027 Jonathan McCambridge Press Association 12:19, 25 Dec 2025 Construction work is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[80195,21747,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-655409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-co-derry","9":"tag-department-for-communities","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115784587749739190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Artist](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_cccc.jpg\")
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