Visitor Information
Visiting our Kildare Street site? Read our tips to get the most from your trip
Opening hours at The National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology are:
• Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm
• Sunday 2pm- 5pm
• Closed Mondays (including Bank Holidays), Christmas Day and Good Friday
Free Admission
Admission to all four sites of the National Museum of Ireland is free.
Shop & Café Opening Hours
The Museum shop and café are open during Museum opening times.
Please note the café at National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History is open on Mondays, when the Museum itself is closed.
Visiting Information for our Other Sites
Explore exciting exhibitions and unmissable artefacts.
Get directions for cars, bikes, buses, trams, and trains to Kildare Street, Dublin.
This specially designed guidebook will help you get the most from your visit to our Kildare Street site. Available in international languages.
Find information on parking, lost property and toilet facilities at Kildare Street, as well as Accessibility, Cloakrooms and Baby Changing.
Find a treasure-trove of gifts and souvenirs at the Museum shop on the ground floor.
Take a break at our award winning cafés with delicious locally sourced and produced Irish food.
Access the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology by wheelchair. Mobility, visually & hearing impaired visitor information. Find local blue badge parking spaces.
Find multilingual guidebooks, information for language schools and translations of the website.