[2] Shandon was the largest Shambles (open-air butcheries) in Ireland, and the Exchange was located within this commercial area.

[3][4] The museum documents the role of the butter trade in Ireland over the course of history.

The museum has displays covering the international Butter Exchange in the 19th century, the domestic production of butter, and the operations of Kerrygold in more recent times.

The displays document elements of Irish commercial, social and domestic history.

[1][5] The exhibitions are intended to bring the visitor through various elements of butter production, from dairy cattle farming, to the documents and artifacts relating to the commercial butter trade.