Tour at a glance
Group Size: 20 adults
Location: Changing Ireland
Duration: 45 minutes
Available: Tuesday - Friday, 10:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30.
Booking: Please contact bookings@museum.ie to book this session.
This tour takes participants through the new Changing Ireland galleries, focusing on objects which demonstrate to us how Ireland has changed in the past 120 years. We will explore objects from the political and social backdrop of Ireland at the beginning of the century, which led towards rebellion and revolution, the partitioning of Ireland and Irish independence. We will follow the establishment of the new Irish state through the 20th century. We will explore the beginning of ‘The Troubles’ – the violent conflict that engulfed Northern Ireland in the late 20th century. Finally, we encounter Ireland at the beginning of the 21st century, and social movements towards a more open and accepting society.