The Little Museum of Dublin
Dublin is full of wonderful museums of historical, cultural, and artistic importance but none are quite as unique as the Little Museum of Dublin.
The unassuming Little Museum of Dublin is situated in the heart of the city, opposite the northern-most face of St Stephens Green.
Adult tickets cost €10 and student/senior tickets cost €8.
The Little Museum of Dublin begins with a guided tour that last around half an hour in the museum’s two most decorated rooms, you are then free to explore and wander as much as you like.
The museum’s tour guides brilliantly recant the life of Dubliners throughout the decades right up to the modern day. Their witty remarks and genuine friendliness make them captivating tour guides.
The two main rooms where the tour takes place are located on the second floor of the beautiful historic Dublin house.
From the 1900 right up to modern day, the museum is wonderfully decorated with memorabilia and physical history of Dublin, donated by patrons and fellow Dubliners alike.
For those of you who are suckers for nostalgia you will rejoice in seeing some of the items you’ll recognise from your childhood, it will be like you are actually living through an episode of Reeling in the Years.
For the diehard U2 fans then the museum is also a treat as there is a U2 museum located on the third floor. Album covers, albums, cds, tapes, posters, and other exclusive U2 memorabilia is on show.
On the ground floor the museum usually has some exhibition which regularly changes and it just so happened that the day I went they had an exhibition on Irish pubs.
It detailed the history of Irish pubs and referenced some of the oldest pubs in Dublin.
There are also extremely interesting exhibitions on a certain outgoing and extremely popular Lord Mayor of Dublin as well as the “editor’s office” from the old Irish Times building.
What makes the Little Museum of Dublin so unique and wonderful is that it is almost like going into your grandparents’ home and having them showing you the possessions they’ve accumulated over the years and show you what life used to be like.
As someone who loves his capital city immensely, it was extremely fascinating to see a glimpse of Dublin from the past.
For tourists coming to Dublin I think it is a beautifully quaint day out that combines history, human interest, and culture into one superb little museum of Dublin.
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