The Philip B Wilson Library houses an extensive collection of over 2,000 volumes. Subjects covered include local history, church history, agriculture, archaeology, Irish Military history, transportation, architecture and many more.
The library also includes the 700 volume collection of the Ulster Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. This collection, dating from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth century, is of great value to anyone wishing to research the history of the Religious Society of Friends locally and further afield.
Of great benefit to the local researcher is a growing collection of over 15,000 slides and photographs which record the development of the Craigavon area, it's social history, industries, prominent families and landscape. A catalogue and CD-ROM of this collection are currently being compiled and will be completed soon.
Also available for consultation is a large collection of 6" and 5' Ordnance Survey maps of the Craigavon area from the early 19th century.
Our internet access computers use a dedicated ISDN line which means they are fast. A member of staff is available to help if you are new to the internet. Bookings are taken on a half-hourly or hourly basis. Please book in advance.
The library is open Monday to Friday (excluding bank & public holidays) from 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 4pm for consultation only. A photocopying service is available within the library. The library does not hold primary sources of information and so is unsuitable for genealogical research, however a number of books are available which will tell the reader all he needs to get started and how to find and use sources available elsewhere.
Toilet facilities are available and there is access for wheelchair users
Craigavon
Museum Services
Pinebank House
2 Tullygally Road
Craigavon
Co Armagh
BT65 5BY
Tel: 028 3834 1635
Fax: 028 3834 1331
E-mail: museum@craigavon.gov.uk
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