INEC-Ireland's National Events Centre: Museums
Listed below are some of the businesses that you may want to contact for this activity.
Muckross
Phone: 064 31440
Fax: 064 31560
Address: National Park, Killarney, Co Kerry
Website: www.muckross-house.ie
Notes: Victorian Mansion in the middle of Killarney National Park located 6 km from the town of Killarney. The Muckross Traditional Farms represents farming in Kerry during the 1930's.
National Gallery of Ireland
Phone: +353-1-661 5133
Address: Merrion Square West & Clare Street, Dublin 2
Website: www.nationalgallery.ie
Notes: The National Gallery of Ireland houses the national collection of Irish and European fine art. International works and the most important gathering of Irish art in the world.
National Museum
Phone: +353 1 6777444
Address: Kildare St, Dublin
Website: www.museum.ie
Notes: Ireland’s premier cultural institution and home to the greatest collections of Irish material heritage, culture and natural history in the world. Our purpose is to:
-Collect, preserve, promote and exhibit all examples of Ireland’s portable material heritage and natural history
-Interpret and promote the collections and make them accessible to audiences at home and abroad
-Be the authoritative voice on the relevant aspects of Irish heritage, culture and natural history
-Maintain the lead role in education, research and scholarship pertaining to the collections and their contexts
Ross Castle
Phone: 064/35851
Address: Ross Rd., off Kenmare road (N71), Killarney, County Kerry
Notes: Mar-May daily 9:30am-4:45pm; June-Sept daily 10am-6pm; Oct Tues-Sun 10am-5pm. Last admission 45 min. before closing. Admission €5 ($6.50) adults, €3.50 ($4.55) seniors, €2 ($2.60) students and children, €11 ($14) families
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
Phone: +44 (0)28 9042 8428
Address: 7 miles east of Belfast, near Holywood, on the main Belfast to Bangor Road (A2), just 15 minutes outside Belfast City Centre.
Website: www.uftm.org.uk
Notes: The Transport Museum, one of the finest in Europe, displays Ireland's largest and most comprehensive transport collection, from horse-drawn carts to Irish built motor cars, and from the mighty steam locomotives that graced our railways to the history of ship and aircraft building. Permanent exhibitions of international acclaim also include Titanic and X2 Flight Experience.