National Maritime Museum of Ireland
Ireland’s National Maritime Museum is housed in Dun Laoghaire’s 180-year-old Mariners 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 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 bu a variety of bus routes
Exhibitions
Current Exhibitions
The Prisoners’ Dock
It will give you a first-hand impression of the Museum as it used to be, a church of worship, a Mariners Church
The Baily Optic
Come and view the actual optic as depicted by James Joyce in ‘Ulysses’ (and weighing in at almost 10 tonnes!)
The Titanic Artefact
A great story of how we have (seemingly) an artefact from the RMS Titanic. Plenty of twists and turns.
Radio Room
We have created a radio room complete with vintage Marconi radio stations. Come in and send a message in Morse Code
Captain Robert Halpin
The Halpin exhibition has three strands, the man himself and his uniform, the ship he commanded, the Great Eastern
RSM Leinster
In memory of those who lost their lives in Irelands greatest maritime disaster
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 days after that date for one visit.
Testimonials
What people say about us
We had our wedding ceremony at the Maritime Museum and it is the most wonderful venue. A big thank you to Siobhan and Declan who were so kind and helpful throughout the whole process. Planning a wedding in the middle of a pandemic is no easy task and they made everything as straightforward as they possibly could. This is such a stunning and unique venue for a wedding ceremony – the photographs are absolutely stunning particularly with the Baily Optic in the background.
We had our wedding ceremony at the Maritime Museum and it is the most wonderful venue. A big thank you to Siobhan and Declan who were so kind and helpful throughout the whole process. Planning a wedding in the middle of a pandemic is no easy task and they made everything as straightforward as they possibly could. This is such a stunning and unique venue for a wedding ceremony – the photographs are absolutely stunning particularly with the Baily Optic in the background.
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