Private Tour of Dublin Museums (Walking Tour)

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About this activity

This unique tour uses Ireland’s artistic and literary wealth to explain the historical moments, traditions, wars, movements, and eras that have sculpted Ireland through the centuries.

We’ll explore the highlights of the National Gallery, National Library and National Museum, with a break half-way through.

Consider those great cultural and artistic treasures that represent your country’s history. For the USA, it is paintings like ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware’ and ‘American Gothic’ by Grant Wood, original manuscripts of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman, and objects full of cultural symbolism like The Liberty Bell.

This tour will show you their Irish equivalents:

Symbolic paintings representing the Norman Conquest of Ireland and the Irish Civil War;
Insight into the life and works of W.B. Yeats - Ireland’s Greatest Poet;
The Tara Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice – treasures that epitomise Ireland’s Golden Age (500-800AD).

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At a glance

Duration: 3 hours
Confirmation: Confirmed within 48 hours
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Your group only
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Dublin Tour Guide

What is included

Included

Included: Tour Guide: experienced, qualified and Irish!
Included: Hotel meet-up (for central location)
Included: Private tour - tailored just for your group

Not included

Not included: Snacks: We'll stop for a coffee/tea/lunch break in the middle of the tour
Not included: Entry tickets
Not included: Gratuities

Itinerary

National Gallery of Ireland

40 min

We’ll explore the highlights of the National Gallery: Europeans masters like Carvaggio, Monet and Picasso; a look at the Irish painter Jack Yeats; and most importantly we’ll explore works that help tell the story of Irish history.
National Library of Ireland

40 min

Next we’ll explore the beautiful National Library with a vast reading room that transports you back to Joyce’s Dublin of 1904. Re-ignite your admiration for poetry with an insight into the life and works of W.B. Yeats’s, Ireland’s Greatest Poet.
National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology

40 min

Bog bodies, Tara Brooch and Ardagh Chalice are just some of the most fascinating archaeological items displayed at the Museum.