The Tower Museum is a museum on local history in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The museum opened in 1992 in the presence of Ian Paisley and John Hume. The President of the European Commission Jacques Delors was also invited though eventually pulled out. It was funded by the European Development Fund and the Internatio…The Tower Museum is a museum on local history in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The museum opened in 1992 in the presence of Ian Paisley and John Hume. The President of the European Commission Jacques Delors was also invited though eventually pulled out. It was funded by the European Development Fund and the International Fund for Ireland. It was constructed as a public-private partnership and was considered by the Northern Ireland Office to be a flagship project to promote tourism. The local press deemed it as "magnificent".
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