Tuesday – National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology

The National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology is a branch of the National Museum of Ireland that specialises in Irish and other antiquities dating from the Stone Age to the Late Middle Ages. The museum was established under the Science and Art Museum Act of 1877.

The museum’s collection contains artifacts from prehistoric Ireland including bog bodies, Iron and Bronze Age objects, such as axe-heads, swords and shields in bronze, silver and gold, with the earliest dated to c. 7000 BC. It holds the world’s most substantial collection of post-Roman era Irish medieval art (known as Insular art).

Curious to see some Irish artefacts? Let’s get digging!