Museums in Dublin

This charming location at least gets the good intentions rolling, even though aspiring writers would readily admit that they spend more time composing a social media status than the next Dracula.

Francis Bacon's studio and gallery are the main draw at the Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art.

Folklore made fun, an oral storytelling experience taking you on a trip to the Otherworld, home of leprechauns and other mythical creatures.

The James Joyce Centre is a museum and cultural centre in Dublin, Ireland, dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce.

The National Wax Museum Plus is a privately owned waxworks museum in Dublin, Ireland.

Shine a light on Irish history. Visit the Book of Kells, Ireland's greatest cultural treasure, and marvel at the Long Room, one of the world's most beautiful libraries.

If you want to learn science that deals with the history of the earth, see dinosaur’s egg, dinosaur bones and meteorites, then this is a place in Dublin for you to visit.

It’s one of these Dublin attractions and a must place to visit if you’re a music lover. The tour starts with a little bit a taste of Irish music history.

The oddest displays in Dublin may be found in this cozy townhouse, dispelling any concept that a museum should be stuffy.

The first Irish whiskey museum in the world! You can make and taste different whiskeys from a range of distilleries.

The best-kept literary secret in Dublin Castle, this literary treasure is home to a renowned collection of ancient manuscripts from all over the world.

The Revenue Museum is that Dublin attraction, which gives us an insights into the long history of the collection of taxes and duties and custom controls over centuries in Ireland.

A centralized police force was proposed to Ireland in 1783 and Dublin Metropolitan Police came to existence, 33 years earlier than in United Kingdom’s capital London.

A beautiful Chapel Royal is one of the finest Gothic revival interiors in Ireland and is situated next to the Record Tower.

The State Apartments, located in the Upper Yard, contains the rooms formerly used by the Lord Lieutenant for personal accommodation as well as public entertaining.

A magnificient Georgian style architecture hall was build between 1769 and 1779.

Dublinia is the Latin name for Dublin, so as the names suggests, this attraction is all about Dublin.

In the Archeology Museum you can discover gold, ceramics and other archaeological treasures found not just in Ireland.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo," as it is commonly called, is a treasured component of the city's fabric and brings back wonderful memories of field excursions.

A Victorian building by Architect Edward Holmes was completed in 1860s and it’s been the headquarters of Freemasonry since the very beginning.

In 1759 Arthur Guinness signed a 9000 year lease at £45 per year for then unused St. James gate Brewery and started his brewing business.

Built as the Royal Barracks in 1704 by Thomas Burgh, National Decorative Arts and History museum is a former army barracks, which was the biggest residential barracks in Europe.

This is an Irish whiskey journey with the guided tours and tastings at the end. Unfortunately no whiskey is distilled at this location anymore, now it’s a visitor centre.

Be prepared to be scared. Bram Stoker Dracula experience is interactive, different and entertaining. At times, it might be scary.

Ireland is known in the world for its unique games of hurling and Gaelic football.

Some individuals would get the chills at the notion of strolling through a graveyard, but this location is essential to the history of Dublin.

Built in late 18th century, Farmleigh House was originally as small Georgian house, bought by Edward Cecil Guinness, a great grandson of Arthur Guinnes’s, a founder of world famous Guinness Brewery.

A magnificent Malahide Castle dates back to 1175 making it one of the oldest castles in Ireland and was home for Talbot family for more than 800 years.

Located in Howth Demesne, the museum hosts 60 vehicles, from which the oldest dates back to 1883 and the newest dates to 1984.

Fry Model Railway is a working miniature rail display, constructed in the 1920- 19030s, modernized and developed for years gave fantastic results.

Learn more about communications history and discover exhibition including recorders, transceivers, record music players, gramophones, crystal sets.

In now days, when technology is improving so quickly, and we are so modern, the printing process is very easy- we can print whatever we want simply by just pressing one button.

A jail is one of the locations that best evokes Dublin's occasionally violent past. There is a strong sense of history in this place because it was the site of the 1916 Rising's leaders' executions, making it significant to the Irish uprising.

On warm days, small groups relax on the meadows that surround IMMA before heading inside to take in all the modern art.

An authentic Drimnagh Castle, located in South Dublin, is the only remaining authenticcastle in Ireland, surrounded by a flooded moat.

The museum opened in 1978 in the former Mariners’ Church, which was built in 1837.

Opened in 1985 by Irish-born former president of Israel, Dr. Chaim Herzog, during his visit to Ireland.

Pears Museum is dedicated to 2 brothers, Irish nationalists, leaders and heroes who were executed in the 1916 Rising for going against the British rules.

A tower, that the museum is found, was built in preparation for a possible invasion by Napoleon, which never happened.

This 18th-century mansion is dear to the hearts of Dubliners who have resided in the city center for generations, showing who they are and where they have come from.

Although the exterior of this white, regal structure with its mint-green entryway may make it appear more like a vacation home taken from the French Riviera, the interior is filled with the sweat, blood, and tears of musicians like Kate Bush and U2.

There is always a reason to stop by this city institution. Guests from out of town with family? In search of safety from the rain? Due to its collection of some of Ireland's most renowned (and fascinating) handcrafted antiquities, this well-liked museum is a success.

This new museum refuses to be a throwback to the past despite being located on the historic University College Dublin premises where James Joyce and Mary Lavin once scrawled in their notebooks.

People all around the world can't help but mention that their second cousin once removed was Irish, and this location explains how that came to be.

Collins Barracks is a former military barracks in the Arbour Hill area of Dublin, Ireland. The buildings now house the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History.

All aboard! Why not experience what it is like to drive a life-sized Iarnród Éireann train at the Casino Model Railway Museum in Malahide. A Children’s Interpretative Centre that brings children’s natural curiosity on a immersive and exciting rail journey.