National Museum of Ireland

The National Museum of Ireland is Ireland's most important museum, focusing on national and international archaeology, Irish history, Irish art, culture, and natural history. It has three Dublin locations: archaeology and natural history museums on Kildare Street and Merrion Square, a modern Decorative Arts and History branch in the former Collins Barracks, and the Country Life Museum in County Mayo.

The Natural History Museum is located on Merrion Street in Dublin and includes examples of animals from all over the world. Although it is part of the National Museum, it is commonly looked at as separate. Locals refer to it as the "Dead Zoo". Since the early twentieth century, its collection and Victorian look have remained almost unchanged. The most recent addition to the museum is Country Life. It was founded in 2001 and is located just outside Turlough village on the N5, eight kilometers east of Castlebar in County Mayo. The museum focuses on everyday life from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries, with most of the collection originating in rural Ireland in the 1930s.

Location: "Collins Barracks" Benburb Street, Dublin, County Dublin D07 K850, Ireland

Website: museum.ie