The best museums in Dublin
The top 3 according to 96 votes from people: Kilmainham Gaol · The Little Museum of Dublin · EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. (Updated Aug 3, 2020.)
Kilmainham Gaol, the Book of Kells and a lot of free entry.
Top 13
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1
Kilmainham Gaol
The prison of the Easter Rising leaders.
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2
The Little Museum of Dublin
The city's 20th century in a Georgian house.
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3
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
The story of the Irish diaspora.
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4
Natural History Museum
The 'Dead Zoo', unchanged since Victorian times.
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5
Trinity College – Book of Kells
The illuminated manuscript and the Long Room.
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6
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Bog bodies and Celtic gold, free.
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7
National Gallery of Ireland
Caravaggio's Taking of Christ, free.
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8
Guinness Storehouse
Seven floors ending in the Gravity Bar.
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9
Chester Beatty
Manuscripts and rare books at Dublin Castle.
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10
Irish Museum of Modern Art
In the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
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11
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland
Joyce, Beckett and the Ulysses manuscript.
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12
Hugh Lane Gallery
Impressionists and Francis Bacon's studio.
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13
Dublinia
Viking and medieval Dublin.
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Kilmainham Gaol tour was the highlight of our Dublin trip, book ahead though