Drop-in to the Wonder Cabinet to meet special guests from ReCreate Ireland and pick up a creative pack to make your own sustainable winter decorations at home!

Did you know reindeer used to live in Ireland long ago? During this drop-in event for families ask your fossil questions to Museum Educators and pick up a planet friendly pack of materials to create a fossil-inspired 'rockin' reindeer plaque' at home. As an extra bonus the team from ReCreate Ireland will share their special receipe to make sustainabe clay, so that you can make your very own home-made fossils from simple ingredients in your kitchen! Before you go don't forget to find the real fossil reindeer antlers on display at the Museum!

Click here to watch the upcoming video 'Rockin' Reindeer Fossils' for instructions on how to make your 'rockin' reindeer plaque' and sustainable clay, as well as learn about the fossils at the Museum!

This drop-in event is a short activity that takes about 10 mins and is located on the ground floor of the Museum at the Wonder Cabinet. Creative packs are limited and will be allocated one per family and on a first come, first basis. No booking required. Wheelchair accessible.

For inquiries please contact educationnh@museum.ie 

For more information about ReCreate Ireland visit their website here. 

Important information for your visit

Good news! It is no longer necessary for families & Individuals to pre-book your visit for the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History. However, numbers are still very limited.

Visitors to the Museum, especially those with younger explorers, should be prepared to wait in a line outside. Unfortunately, this is an unsheltered area so we recommend that visitors dress appropriately for the weather. We also advise visiting midweek wherever possible as queuing times are significantly longer at weekends.
While staff will do their best to ensure that everyone gets to discover the Dead Zoo, we cannot guarantee that everyone will be able to visit, particularly at weekends, depending on queue size. We hope you will be patient with our staff during your wait in the event that it is not possible to visit the Museum on your chosen day.

Note- Groups intending to visit are still required to book and we invite you to visit during the week as NMI- Natural History are not taking bookings at the weekends.

Please note we have two other museums in Dublin to explore; National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology, 5 min walk away on Kildare Street and the National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts & History, 15 min away on the Luas Red Line, ‘Museum’ stop.