The Kerry County Museum occupies the Ashe Memorial Hall, a grand Neo-Georgian building on Denny Street built in 1928. The collection covers Kerry's history from the Stone Age through the early medieval golden age — when Kerry monasteries were among the most important in Ireland — through the Famine, and into the 20th century.
The medieval section is the strongest, with good coverage of the monasteries and settlements that made Kerry a centre of early Christian culture. The Tom Crean exhibition covers the Kerry-born Antarctic explorer who served on both Shackleton's and Scott's expeditions — one of the most underrated figures in polar history. The building also houses the town library, and the street outside, Denny Street, is one of the best-preserved Georgian streetscapes in Kerry.