[2] The museum was popular with Transition Year school groups from the wider Munster area, as well as members of local Active Retirement Associations.

In March 2020, as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum was temporarily closed to visitors[9] (as was the college swimming pool which the public had been previously allowed to use).

[9] The Irish Examiner revealed that the reason for this had been "social distancing requirements caused by the coronavirus outbreak (putting) greater demands on, and use of, the space available at the training college for recruits".

[1] The Garda Press Office noted that while artefacts in Templemore had been "the subject of changed (access) arrangements", this did not constitute a closure of the museum proper and that the public would be allowed to visit again once the restrictions imposed on visitors due to COVID-19 were lifted.

[1] In July 2020, it was noted by Tipp FM that the collection of historic artefacts would not be lost or put into storage, but would instead "form part of a new walking tour for people to visit" within the college itself.