Top rated Museums in Ireland

Experience the best that Ireland has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 179 places from Museum category.

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Old Irish Ways
Museum
👍👍 Interesting large collection of farming, shop products , and life generally from days gone by. Personal tour by Denis with demonstrations. Best to call to check it's open first. Fee €7 but worth it.
5.00 (86 reviews)
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Gougane Barra National Park Car Park
Hiking area
👍👍 Lovely place that I'm so in love with. But warning, traffic is really bad in gorgeous weather like when we went there as it takes us hours to get to the end of our destination from Cork city (more than 2hrs😔) . Loads of parked cars on the narrow roads, so incoming & outgoing cars were stucked alo...
4.90 (155 reviews)
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Derryglad Folk and Heritage Museum
Museum
👍👍 Lovely museum. You can immediately tell that a lot of love and attention has gone into setting up and maintaining the museum. Beautifully kept and well worth a visit.
4.90 (143 reviews)
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Glenview Folk Museum
Heritage museum
👍👍 Brian is most knowledgeable about his collection, he is passionate about everything he has at his museum. This place is well worth a visit, go see for yourself you will enjoy.
4.90 (132 reviews)
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Knights & Conquests Heritage Centre
Museum
👍👍 Amazingly interactive, both myself and the kids loved it. We ended up spending hours there, just exploring everything. Staff were so helpful and knowledgeable!
4.90 (111 reviews)
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Old Irish Goat Centre
Museum
👍👍 Honestly one of the (many) highlights of our stay in Achill. We learned so much about the old Irish goat and the enthusiasm and passion of the person at the front desk (sorry, forgot your name!) was contagious! If you have 5-15 minutes, definitely stop by.
4.90 (69 reviews)
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Pollboy Lookout
Museum
👍👍 Fabulous walk, but weather is very important. You would have to be very careful in parts. Rain coat advised. Well worth the trip. All the local people had a welcome for everyone. Nice to see. Its a pity to see the shops and cafe's all closed still. So make sure to support these places when they reop...
4.90 (63 reviews)
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EIRE 70
Museum
4.90 (62 reviews)
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Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
Museum
👍👍 Very short, informative, designed well and clearly layed out. Suitable for wheelchairs. Free entry and welcomed by very friendly staff. Would recommend for those interested in poetry.
4.90 (44 reviews)
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The Museum of Irish Rural life
Museum
👍👍 Small privately owned collection of Irish rural life. Personal attention from the owner with stories of his own rural experience of over 70 years. New building being constructed by owner almost single handedly, immaculately and lovingly hand crafted. Free entry, but donation facility for notes.
4.90 (42 reviews)
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The People's Museum of Limerick
Museum
👍👍 My first ever google review goes to this amazing museum with its wonderful staff and pride for local social history. We cannot recommend this enough! This is an old residence that has been converted to multiple exhibition spaces, including one about the military Carrol family and another on taxider...
4.90 (40 reviews)
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Arigna Mining Experience
Tourist attraction
Light- and sound-enhanced tours of an underground coal mine, plus a geology and history exhibition.
4.80 (1.4K reviews)
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14 Henrietta Street
Museum
Tours tell the story of a 1740s house carefully restored to grandeur after falling into disrepair.
4.80 (1.1K reviews)
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Glengowla Mines
Tourist attraction
Tours of abandoned silver & lead mines on a farm, plus turf cutting & sheep herding demonstrations.
4.80 (299 reviews)
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Marsh’s Library
Library
👍👍 I discovered Marsh’s Library on TikTok before our planned Dublin visit and was so glad I did! My husband & I went here right after our Trinity Tour & we loved Marsh’s more! You read that correctly! (Not to make it a competition as both libraries have their highlights, we just weren’t able to experie...
4.80 (235 reviews)
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Hill of Uisneach Visitor Centre
Museum
👍👍 We really enjoyed visiting this historic Celtic pagan site in the middle of Ireland... it is a superb walk up the lane way to the top of the hill where stands the lake along with some amazing sculptures which we photographed .. this is a must see for any historic enthusiast.
4.80 (162 reviews)
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Seefin Passage Tomb
Museum
👍👍 Magical place surrounded by ocean of heather. There are 2 very small lay-bys closest to the trail, at the perimeter of the military base. Please refer to the photo with the wooden way in, where the trail starts. Keep to the right if you want to stay away from the military base area, it takes longer...
4.80 (155 reviews)
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Irish Museum of Time
Museum
👍👍 As a clockmaker I found this collection of clocks and watches superb. The museum is laid out very well with so much information about each piece. I would need days to take it all in. Loved the experience.
4.80 (150 reviews)
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Clonakilty Blackpudding Visitor Centre
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Our visit was a really pleasant experience, spotless grounds, ample parking, friendly welcome at front desk, impeccably clean facilities, great signage and a wonderful self guided tour before the welcome treat of a sit down tasting event! Highly recommend to all! We’ve taken to buying the vegan pudd...
4.80 (133 reviews)
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Lartigue Monorail and Museum
Museum
👍👍 Lovely easy going place to bring your kids. Kids loved the short train ride. Lots of train stuff to look at.
4.80 (121 reviews)
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