GLENFADA PARK

The Museum of Free Derry will be housed in the recently renovated flats at the southern end of Glenfada Park, in what were Nos 55 – 61 Glenfada Park.

This site, just off Rossville Street, was chosen because it is central to most of the events that will be covered inside the museum. The main battleground for the Battle of the Bogside was only yards away, at the front of Rossville Flats. The area around this block was also one of the main killing grounds on Bloody Sunday, with two killed and five injured directly in front of the building. In fact, the building still holds the last remaining physical evidence of Bloody Sunday in the area, in the form of two bullet strikes on the face of the building, and was the subject of a preservation order laid down by the Saville Inquiry to preserve lines of sight as closely as possible to what they were on Bloody Sunday.

Glenfada Park also places the Museum of Free Derry at the heart of what is now one of the major tourist attractions in Derry. The museum will only be yards away from the Bloody Sunday Monument, Free Derry Corner and the Bogside Artist’s murals, all of which are now attracting large numbers of tourists all year round. The museum will provide a focal point for tourists interested in this area, and provide a context for the other points of interest.

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