Museums & Galleries in Dublin

Dublin Castle   Dublin 2

European Museum of the Year 2002, Irish Museum of the Year 2000. Situated in the heart of the city centre, the Chester Beatty Library's exhibitions open a window on the artistic treasures of the great cultures and religions of the world. The Library's rich ...

  Dublin 3

Founded in 1884, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is Ireland's largest sporting and cultural organisation. Croke Park is the home of Ireland's unique national games of hurling and gaelic football. A visit to the GAA museum at Croke Park facilitates an ...

The GAA Museum, St Joseph's Avenue (off Clonliffe Road)   Dublin 3

Founded in 1884, the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) is Ireland's largest sporting and cultural organisation. Croke Park is the home of Ireland's unique national games of hurling and gaelic football. A visit to the GAA museum at Croke Park facilitates an ...

  Dublin 1

***Please note that the Hugh Lane Gallery is closed for renovation until March 2006. Dublin City Council regrets any disappointment and disruption caused to its customers by this closure.*** Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane is a gallery of modern ...

  Dublin 1

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 2

The story of the capital in Dublin's City Hall is an exciting multimedia exhibition tracing the history of Dublin City. It tells of the city's founding; from Viking times, through prosperity and oppression, into the unique and vibrant city of today. City ...

St. Michaels Hill Christchurch   Dublin 8

Dublinia and The Viking World is a heritage centre located in the heart of the medieval city in central Dublin. There are three exciting exhibitions in Dublinia. The Viking World takes the visitor back to life in the city in Viking times. See what life was ...

Finglas Road   Dublin 11

Glasnevin Cemetery – Irelands Necropolis is the largest cemetery in Ireland. First opened in 1832 to establish a place where people of all religions could bury their dead with dignity, the cemetery has grown to become a national monument and vital part of the ...

  Dublin 8

No trip to Dublin would be complete without a visit to our Number One visitor attraction-Guinness Storehouse. Take an incredible journey through the history and making of the world famous beer. Its the highlight of any trip to Dublin. Follow every step that ...

  Dublin 2

A State Heraldic Museum has been attached to the Office of Arms (now the Office of the Chief Herald) since 1909. It was the first such permanent museum in the world. Since 1987 it has been located at 2-3 Kildare Street where the office is now based. ...

  Dublin 8

The Museum is located in a former Synagogue, with its original features and preserves memorabilia relating to Irish Jewry, displaying their important though small, place in Ireland's cultural and historic heritage. The collection includes photographs, ...

  Dublin 8

The Irish Museum of Modern Art is Ireland's leading national institution for the collection and presentation of modern and contemporary art. The Museum presents a wide variety of art in a dynamic programme of exhibitions, which regularly includes bodies of ...

  Dublin 1

Welcome to the newly re-opened James Joyce Centre! The James Joyce Centre is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the life and works of James Joyce. The James Joyce Centre provides the casual visitor, student and scholar alike with a rewarding and ...

  Dublin 8

James Joyce House of the Dead is one of Dublins most important literary and Historic buildings. Located in the City Centre, it is where Joyce set his most famous story, “The Dead” , Director John Huston located his film of the story here. You can take one of ...

  County Dublin

The James Joyce Tower was one of a series of Martello towers built to withstand an invasion by Napoleon and now holds a museum devoted to the life and works of James Joyce, who made the tower the setting for the first chapter of his masterpiece, Ulysses. ...