museums dublin

Freemason's Hall is in the heart of Dublin near the National Library, the National Museum, Leinster House, and the National Gallery.
It is a mid Victorian purpose built in the 1860s from a prize winning design by the Birmingham architect, Edward Holmes.

It has been the headquarters of Freemasonry in Ireland since. The building houses a number of meeting rooms, each one of which is decorated in a different architectural style, including an Egyptian style room and a mock Gothic Room.

The Museum traces the history of a Dublin merchant family over the past 175 years.
The story of the family unfolds from the ruins of Findlater Castle, Scotland, to a friendship with the poet, Robert Burns and through a period of historic achievement in Dublin. All the enterprises that bore the Findlater imprint are faithfully recorded.

The museum is just five minutes from Saint Stephen's Green and Grafton Street and is located within the vast granite and brick vaults under the old Ha...

The Museum was opened in 1985 by Irish-born President of Israel, Chaim Herzog, and is located in a former Synagogue.
It preserves memorabilia relating to Irish Jewry, including photographs, paintings, certificates, books and artefacts, displaying their important, though small, place in Ireland's cultural and historic heritage.
An original kitchen recreates a typical Sabbath meal setting of the early 1900s.
Alternative times and group visits can be arranged by appointment. Tel. +...

The James Tower in Sandycove is famous as the setting for the opening of James Joyce's Ulysses, now acclaimed as the greatest and most influential novel of the twentieth century.
Dramatically located on a cliff-top overlooking the sea, the tower stands eight miles south of Dublin on the coast road. It clearly impressed Joyce, whose brief stay here in 1904 inspired the opening of Ulysses.
Stately, plump Buck Mulligan gazes out at the 'snotgreen' sea from this tower in the openi...

The Irish literary tradition is one of the most illustrious in the world, famous for four Nobel prize-winners and for many other writers of international renown. In 1991 the Dublin Writers Museum was opened to house a history and celebration of literary Dublin....

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. ...

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 Garda Siochana Museum is the museum of the Republic of Ireland's national police force. It is located in Dublin Castle. The archivist is Inspector John Duffy, Dip Arc Sc.

The museum contains a vast amount of both archival and artefactual material, relating not only to the Garda Siochana, but also to the Irish Constabulary, The Royal Irish Constabulary, The Dublin Police, and The Dublin Metropolitan Police....

Tara’s Palace is located in Malahide Castle and is felt to be one of the Worlds most significant dolls houses.

Ron and Doreen McDonnell created Tara’s Palace having found their inspiration from the famous Titania’s Palace....