COLLINS BARRACKS COULD BE SAID TO BE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND’S LARGEST IRISH ARTEFACT, HAVING HAD A UNIQUE HISTORY ALL ITS OWN IN ANOTHER LIFE.

On display, you’ll find fine examples of silver, ceramics, glassware, weaponry, furniture, folklife, clothing, jewellery, coins and medals. All of these displayed with imagination in innovative and contemporary galleries, which entice you to go further, look harder and examine more closely.

Don’t miss the Curator’s Choice exhibition where, amongst other treasures, there is an ancient Japanese ceremonial bell, which dates back over 2000 years. With over 16,000 artefacts on display, What’s in Store? gives you the chance to get behind the scenes and explore a working museum collection.

Explore the histories of soldiers and their families in Soldiers & Chiefs. This major exhibition uses original artefacts, letters, replicas and audio accounts to show how soldiering in war has affected the lives of Irish people. Other new approaches to exhibiting major collections in these magnificent buildings include Irish Silver, The Way We Wore – 250 Years of Irish Clothing & Jewellery, Eileen Gray and Airgead – A Thousand Years of Irish Coins & Currency, A Dubliner’s Collection of Asian Art – The Albert Bender Exhibition, Reconstructed Rooms – Four Centuries of Furnishings. Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising includes many objects never seen on public exhibition before. In this exhibition the visitor will experience the poignant stories of the civilians, combatants and survivors whose lives were intertwined with the fighting that took place in and around the rebel garrisons.

If you’re a fan of decorative arts & history – this is definitely a tourist spot to visit in Dublin!

Free Admission.

Wheelchair accessible. Brambles café and museum shop on site.

Museum is closed on Good Friday and Christmas Day.

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