museums dublin

A former soldiers chapel in Beggars Bush has become home to Ireland's printing heritage.
Step back in time as you witness the printing process, experience typesetting and casting...watch as the ink is applied and the rollers turn.
Climb to the gallery to read eventful newspaper headlines from yesteryear. Guided tours and audio visual presentation.

Coffee shop open daily....

Irish Labour Society History Society Museum and Archives....

Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was a Scottish born US industrialist and philanthropist who established a number of trusts for education and research. This included the establishment of many public libraries in English speaking countries.

At the turn of the century a library committee was formed in Swords and The Carnegie Trust was approached for financial assistance. A site was acquired on North Street and by 1908 the library was open to the public.

Today the library houses...

The National Museum of Ireland is split up into 4 parts, 3 of which are in Dublin. The museum on Kildare Street is the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology and History. Opened in 1890, the museum contains artefacts dating from 7000 BC all the way up to the modern day. The museum is easily found on Kildare Street, which is located near to Grafton Street and Saint Stephens Green....

St. Enda's is now a museum of the school known as St. Enda's. The school was founded by Patrick Pearse, who was one of the rebels in the 1916 Rising. Pearse qualified as a barrister, but was more interested in the Irish Educational system.

His article "The Murder Machine," condemned the methods of colonialist education. He founded St. Enda's in 1910 in a small mansion in Rathfarnham, in order to provide an alternative education, which would embrace the Irish language, literature, histo...

Author of many plays' is the simple accolade to George Bernard Shaw on the plaque outside his birthplace. His Victorian home and early life mirror this simplicity.
The first home of the Shaw family and the renowned playwright at 33 Synge Street has been restored to its Victorian elegance and charm, and has the appearance that the family has just gone out for the afternoon.

The neat terraced house is as much a celebration of Victorian Dublin domestic life as of the early years of on...

This former school, run by Patrick Pearse is now a museum dedicated to his memory and set in beautiful grounds.
Attractions include exhibitions, a nature study room with attractive displays on Irish flora and fauna and an audio-visual show entitled "This Man Kept a School".

The tea rooms are open during the summer monthsand weekends Feb-Apr and Oct, outdoor concerts during summer season. There is access for visitors with disabilities to the ground floor and Nature Study Centre.
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The Dublin Civic Museum has closed for refurbishment until further notice.

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This is the Head Quarters and biggest of the four National Museums in Ireland.

The museum of Decorative Arts and History houses a range of fascinating and interesting objects directly related to Irish cultural history, such as weaponry, glassware, jewellery and furniture. ...

The Natural History Museum which is part of the National Museum of Ireland, is a zoological museum containing collections illustrative of the wild life, both vertebrate and invertebrate, of Ireland. There is also an extensive African and Asian exhibition. The Irish Room is located on the ground floor, Irish mammals are displayed in the centre of the floor including: the red deer, the squirrel, otter, hare, badger, fox, etc; Irish birds are also exhibited, a special feature being the displays...