This list of museums in Republic of Ireland contains

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

s which are defined for this context as institutions (including

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s, government entities, and private

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es) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

virtual museum A virtual museum is a digital entity that draws on the characteristics of a museum, in order to complement, enhance, or augment the museum experience through personalization, interactivity, and richness of content. Virtual museums can perform as t ...

s) are not included. Many other small historical displays are located in the country's

stately home An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

s, including those run by

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Defunct museums

* Bank of Ireland Arts Centre,

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* Dublin Civic Museum, closed in 2003 *

Museum of Irish Industry The Museum of Irish Industry, founded in 1854, originally an extension of the Museum of Economic Geology, was a museum dedicated to the exhibition of the various, display-worthy materials from, and donated by, the industries of mining and manufa ...

, closed in 1866 * Sligo Art Gallery, closed 2010http://www.sligoartgallery.com/ Sligo Art Gallery website

References

Irish Museums Association

Maritime Museums
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Defunct museums

See also

References