The National Museum of Ireland is taking part in the Dublin Festival of History this autumn with a variety of workshops, online talks and tours across our Dublin Museum sites.
Explore the role of Ireland’s first purpose-built scientific vessel; discover life in Ireland during the 1970s oil crisis; find out more about a shared military history project; or learn about Viking Dublin over one thousand years ago.
The Dublin Festival of History is an annual free festival, delivered by Dublin City Council and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with the Dublin City Council Culture Company.
The Dublin Festival of History runs from 25 September to 15 October 2023.
Online Talk: Helga’s role in Irish Natural History - Ireland’s First Scientific Vessel
Online event
1.15pm - 1.45pm, Friday, 6 October | Suitable for adults
Join Zoology Curator, Dr Amy Geraghty, from the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History, for an online talk exploring the role of Ireland’s first purpose-built scientific vessel in Irish natural history. BOOKING REQUIRED
Dublin Festival of History Tours at Collins Barracks
National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
25 September - 15 October 2023 | Suitable for all ages
Join Museum guides at Collins Barracks for a range of engaging free family tours exploring the Museum and its collection, taking place every day during the Dublin Festival of History. Admission is free and no booking is required. FIND OUT MORE
Dublin Festival of History: Get to the Point Screening
National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
From 12noon, Saturday, 30 September | Suitable for all ages
Irish artist Brian Duggan will host a drop-in screening of Get to the Point for Dublin Festival of History from 12noon on Saturday, 30 September, at the National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7. During the 1970s oil crisis, Ireland planned its first nuclear power station in an attempt to become ‘energy independent’. This project film is an examination of archival material and new footage from this time and area when the social fabric of Irish society evolved and fragmented into new perspectives. FIND OUT MORE
Dublin Festival of History: Our Shared Built Military Heritage: The Army Barracks of Dublin, 1690-1921
National Museum of Ireland - Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
1pm, Saturday, 7 October | Suitable for all ages
Dr Charles Ivar McGrath and Dr Suzanne Forbes will host a talk exploring the ‘Our Shared Built Military Heritage’ project, a HEA funded North-South Research Programme project mapping and inventorying army barracks built around Ireland from 1690 to 1921. FIND OUT MORE
Drop-In Workshop: At Home with the Vikings
National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
10.30am - 12.30pm, Saturday, 7 October | Suitable for families with children aged 7+
Discover the homes made and lived in by the Vikings who travelled and settled in Dublin over one thousand years ago! Make your own Viking house to help build up the city of Dublin. FIND OUT MORE