National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Merrion Street, , Dublin 2

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The Museum of Natural History will be closed to the public until further notice in order to carry out some refurbishments. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The Dead Zoo At Large- A temporary exhibition @ Collins Barracks

Step back in time and savour the atmosphere of this temporary exhibition reconstructed at a new venue. This temporary exhibition fills the gap left by the closure of the 1857 building on Merrion Street. A wide selection of the 10,000 exhibits from the Merrion Street museum has been brought back into the light. Old favourites include the giant deer, the giraffe and the families of badgers, foxes and otters.

Also on display are items from the geological collection including Ireland's Moon Rock, which was collected in 1972 as part of an Apollo mission.

This temporary exhibition is housed at the Riding School in Collins Barracks.

National Museum of Ireland - Natural History

Just two years before Charles Darwin published his famous work, 'The Origin of Species', the Natural History Museum in Merrion Street was opened to the public for the first time in 1857.

Now, as then, it educates and inspires, leaving us feeling small and humbled amidst the vast and wondrous diversity of life on display.

This museum of museums is famous for its Victorian cabinet style, which houses one of the world's finest and fullest collections' still to be seen today. Two million species, of which roughly half are insects, live side by side with, appropriately for a natural history museum, decorated and sculptured panels depicting mythological figures.

This zoological museum encompasses outstanding examples of wildlife from Ireland and the far corners of the globe, some to be seen today and others long extinct.

Opening Times:
Tuesday-Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: 2pm-5pm
Closed Monday including Bank Holidays.

Admission Prices:
Free

Group Admission Prices
Groups that are charged €2 per person for a tour are Language Schools, Retirement Groups, Interest Groups, Tour Operator Groups.

Groups that are free are: all primary, secondary, and third level colleges, national and international, special needs groups, community groups, diplomats/delegates, tourism delegates.