IE Ireland 2 Free Museums
Best Museums in Dublin
Dublin is home to 2 world-class museums. From ancient collections to contemporary art, here is your complete guide with opening hours, prices, and directions.
Free Entry
National Gallery of Ireland
Ireland's national art museum — free to enter, with a Caravaggio rediscovered in a Jesuit dining room, the world's largest collection of Jack B. Yeats, and European masters from Vermeer to Velázquez.
- Admission
- Free admission to permanent collection; special exhibitions may require a ticket
- Founded
- 1854
Free Entry
National Museum of Ireland
Ireland's national museum — free to enter, with the Tara Brooch, the Ardagh Chalice, Iron Age bog bodies, Viking Dublin, and the world's most important collection of early medieval Irish art.
- Admission
- Free admission
- Founded
- 1877