April Fool's Day, 1st April, from 2pm until 4pm
View event details
Hands-on History: Fact or Fiction?
Can you tell the fact from the fib? Join us at Collins Barracks to find out!
Exhibitions
Title: 35 I Can'ts - Alison Lowry (2017)
Temporary Exhibition
Imaging Conflict; photographs from revolutionary era Ireland 1913-1923
View exhibitionHE:EW.4451- Album page with hand-written caption showing Eden Quay.
E. Coy A.S.U. 3rd Batt. Dublin Brigade IRA patrolling on Grafton Street July 1921
Visitor Information
Free Admission to all our museums
Opening hours
Tuesday - Saturday:
10am-5pm
Sunday - Monday:
1pm-5pm
Upcoming Events
Engage and Learn
Discover a range of learning resources for at home or in the classroom.
Museum in the Classroom
Capture the imagination of your students and make learning fun!
Find out moreMuseum at Home
Discover our online family resources inspired by the collections at the Museum.
Find out moreCollections pertaining to the decorative arts and history are maintained by curators in the Art and Industrial Division.
Their role is to collect, manage, and preserve Ireland’s heritage in the decorative and applied arts, as well as its political, economic, military and social history.
The primary aim is to promote a wider understanding of Ireland’s cultural heritage and to highlight the country’s contribution to European decorative arts and in a broader international context.
Did you know?
Some of the most noted prints on exhibition are by artists renowned for their characterisation of women in print form from the late-eighteenth up to the mid-nineteenth century – Eisen, Eizan, Kunisada, Shigenobu, Shuncho, Shunsen and Utamaro.
View artefact Show me another artefact factDecorative Arts & History
Collins Barracks ,
Benburb St,
Dublin 7,
D07 XKV4
+353 1 677 7444