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Museums
in Ireland.

Local stories, remarkable collections and a little room for curiosity. Find museums for your next day out and plan the journey.

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The Butter Museum
A place to discoverThe Butter MuseumO’Connell Square, Shandon, Cork City
Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
227
places in this collection
26
counties to explore
880
towns with places nearby

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Museums across Ireland

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County collections include places near their towns and villages, sometimes across a boundary. Each place counts once in the national collection.

How MyMap works
How many museums are there in Ireland?
OpenStreetMap records 227 in the Republic, across 26 counties. That is how many the map has, which is not the same as how many there are: anything nobody has mapped is missing, and anyone can add it.
Which county has the most museums?
Dublin, with 52, then Cork with 30.
Do the county figures add up to 227?
No, and they are not meant to. A museum belongs to every settlement within twelve kilometres of it, so one near a county line is counted in both counties: 74 of them are. The figure in the heading counts each record once.
Which town has the most museums near it?
Blackrock in County Dublin, with 46 within twelve kilometres. That is what is near the town, not what is inside it.
Where does this come from?
The places and counts in this directory are based on OpenStreetMap records. Of 227 records in this category, 81 include opening hours, 63 include a phone number and 124 include a website. Individual place pages may add sourced visiting information. Check the venue for current details.