National Maritime Museum
of Ireland

Open Daily 11:00am to 5:00pm

Ireland’s National Maritime Museum is housed in Dun Laoghaire’s 180-year-old Mariner's Church, directly opposite the new DLR Lexicon library and easily accessible by DART suburban train and several bus services.

The museum’s greatest artefact is probably the building itself, as it is one of a few custom-built places of worship for seafarers remaining intact in the world today.

Introduction

Welcome To the National Maritime Museum of Ireland

Walking

Only a five-minute walk from the Dun Laoghaire Dart Station

Dart

Get the DART to Dun Laoghaire, they run every 15 minutes peak

Bus

Dun Laoghaire is serviced by a variety of bus routes

Free Museum Tours

Spring into Heritage 2024

The Spring into Heritage 2024 programme of events is a series of Free guided tours run by the Heritage Office of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. Tours are between March 25th and May 1st on Mondays and Wednesdays. The tours take roughly one hour. Tours are at 11:00 am, 11:30 pm and 12:15 pm each participating day.

Renew your Membership for 2024

Our members are the backbone of our Institute. Their membership fees allow us to plan for and afford basic infrastructure and operations. They ensure the maintenance of our basic infrastructure and help keep a vital part of our national heritage alive.

Book Ticket

Online Booking - Entrance
Tickets

You can buy your entrance tickets here, and they will be emailed to you. Tickets will be delivered as email and a PDF. It’s important that you keep these.

When you receive the email, please either print out your ticket and make sure you bring it with you, or you can keep the PDF on your phone so that we can scan the QR Code on the ticket when you arrive.

Important: While the ticketing system requires you to choose a specific date, your ticket will be valid for seven days after that date for one visit.

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National Maritime Museum of Ireland

Plan Your Visit

Get Visitor Information

The museum can be easily accessed by public transport. It is less than 5 minutes’ walk from Dun Laoghaire DART station or any of the buses serving Dun Laoghaire (7, 7a, 8, 45a, 46a, 59, 75, and 111). You can use an online travel planner to find the best route for you.

Walking: You can access the museum either off George's Street Upper (People’s Park end) or if you are on the sea front you can now access the Museum from the pier side via the steps at the side of the new municipal library (East Pier Side). For the tech-savvy, our GPS location is 53.2928639,-6.1315167.

Facilities: Our museum shop carries a nice selection of maritime related gifts, postcards and much more. We have wheelchair access (except for the gallery)

School Tours

Workshops and
hands-on activities

HMS Warrior - National Maritime Museum of Ireland

Our educational mission is to use the evidence from Ireland’s maritime heritage to excite the imagination and encourage appreciation, understanding and enjoyment by people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

Maritime History

Tour the Museum

Ireland’s National Maritime Museum is housed in Dun Laoghaire’s 180-year-old Mariner's Church, directly opposite the new DLR Lexicon library and easily accessible by DART suburban train and several bus services.
The museum’s greatest artefact is probably the building itself, as it is one of a few custom-built places of worship for seafarers remaining intact in the world today.

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