The gold gallery
Bronze Age treasures.
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The archaeology branch of the National Museum of Ireland, in an elegant Victorian building with a domed rotunda on Kildare Street, telling Ireland's story from prehistory to the Middle Ages through treasures found across the country. Its best-known displays are the Bronze Age gold ornaments of the «Ór» gallery, one of the richest collections of ancient gold in Europe, along with the famous, finely decorated Tara Brooch and Celtic art. There are galleries on Viking Dublin with its weapons and tools, on medieval Ireland and on ancient Egypt, and the main rotunda is ringed by balconies and handsome marble columns. Entry is free; it opens Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–17:00 and Sunday and Monday 13:00–17:00, per visitor guides. It stands beside the parliament building, close to the National Gallery and St Stephen's Green.
Bronze Age treasures.
A decorated gem.
Weapons and tools.
Kildare Street, central Dublin
National Gallery of IrelandIreland's national art museum, founded in 1854 and opened ten years later, home 2 minutes walk4.8
St Stephen's GreenThe largest of central Dublin's Georgian garden squares, covering 8.9 hectares a5 minutes walk4.8
Book of Kells and Trinity College LibraryDublin's best-known cultural sight, inside the historic campus of Trinity Colleg5 minutes walk4.5
Chester BeattyA museum and library in the grounds of Dublin Castle holding the collections tha11 minutes walk4.6
Ha'penny BridgeAn elegant cast-iron footbridge over the River Liffey, built in May 1816 with it11 minutes walk4.6Yes. Entry is free; it opens Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–17:00 and Sunday and Monday 13:00–17:00, per visitor guides.