Georgian Dublin: The Green and the National Museums

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: National Gallery of Ireland

   ~1 hr here

   The National Gallery of Ireland is the building before you, home to Ireland’s national collection of Irish and European art.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: National Museum of Ireland, Natural History

   ~1 hr here

   The National Museum of Ireland, Natural History is the Dublin museum often called the Dead Zoo, housed on Merrion Street.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology

   ~1 hr here

   This is the National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology, a Kildare Street museum devoted to antiquities from Irish prehistory through the Late Middle Ages.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: St Stephen's Green

   ~3 min here

   St Stephen’s Green is a public park and garden square, and its present landscape comes from William Sheppard’s design.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: The Little Museum of Dublin

   ~1 hr here

   The Little Museum of Dublin is a local-history museum at St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.

6. 6

   

   Stop 6: Old Library

   ~3 min here

   Old Library is Trinity College Dublin’s early eighteenth-century library building, completed in 1732 after construction in stages from 1709 to 1732.

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