great museum open from tuesday to sunday free of charge, great amount of axes and guns used in medieval times, movies that show irish old viking villages and their way of living back in those times, pieces of their clothing and as well interactive maps which explain the mystery of journeys made in order to discover new locations. great place... More

Very interesting museum. We wanted to check out some history on some of the places we were planning on visiting on our around the country trip and figured this was a great place to start. You can't beat free museums.

This is an excellent museum. The gold displays are fantastic - I did not know that there were gold deposits in Ireland. And the peat bodies are incredible. And it is FREE!!

One of the best collections of prehistoric artifacts that we have seen. Also has a café with very good food.

One could easily spend a few hours here at this free exhibit, but you would be amiss if you did not see the Egyptian exhibit on display now. It is not large but it is in exquisite shape and has some great write ups that explain what you are seeing. The medieval items are also intriguing. Very handicap friendly here...impressive.... More

Im all for anything educational thats what makes this a great day out you need to get there early though as there is so much to see you could very easily spend the day browsing.

We spent about an hour going through the museum. It was a great museum with interesting exhibits and readings. Best part - it was free!

Amazing architecture inside and outside. Stunning collection of historical artifacts and a high point in Dublin. Don't miss the peat bog finds!

We went to this museum first thing on our trip to Ireland because Rick Steve's raved about it, and I was not too impressed. I think partly I was still tired from the trip, but still I was surprised. After seeing more of the country — and hearing over and over again at different stops we made that different artifacts... More