Missing museum sign found across the sea more than FIVE years later

Have you ever lost something and not found it for ages? How about more than five years?

That's how long this missing museum sign was gone for before it was discovered by a 7-year-old girl and her dad.

They were walking along the coast near Bangor in Northern Ireland when they spotted the piece of wood that turned out to be a sign for The Dock Museum.

After searching on the internet they found out the museum was all the was across the Irish Sea in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

After discovering where the sign was from Jonny's daughter suggested that they the museum to let them know they had found it.

The Museum's manager John Irving said that the staff "burst out laughing" when they received the email from Mr Smith.

"It was such a gorgeous story," Mr Irving said.

"I've been here five years and I've never seen that sign, so it's got to [have been missing for] over five years."

The sign is in a surprisingly good condition according to Mr Irving.

The team at the museum think that a storm blew the sign off and then it ended up in the sea.

However, it will now make its way home.

The plan is for Mr Smith and his daughter to travel over to Cumbria to hand it back in person.

Mr Irving said The Dock Museum would give Mr Smith and his daughter "VIP treatment" and that the story of the travelling sign would eventually end up somewhere in the museum.