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Recent conservation work has improved access for visitors and provided new learning opportunities. The traditional exhibition style and furnishings of the Museum have been left unchanged. Familiar favourites include the skeletons of 11,000 year old giant deer, Spoticus the giraffe and whale skeletons suspended from the roof.

Exhibits cover the animals of Ireland at ground floor level and mammals of the world on the first floor. We apologise that upper levels of the museum are not accessible at present. This requires funding for a conservation and access plan that will address problems of emergency exits from upper floors.

Research visitors are always welcome to the collections in storage. Scientists, artists and historians are among the visitors actively encouraged to contact staff for access. See our section on Research Services for more information.

Map Key

1 - Decorative Arts & History

2 - Natural History

3 - Archaeology