Dublinia

Dublin's interactive Viking and Medieval museum.

7/23/20252 min read

Dublinia is a great museum found in the centre of historic Dublin that focuses entirely on the medieval period and the influential role of the Vikings in shaping the area. With comprehensive displays featuring re-creations of clothes, jewellery and living conditions shown in situ Dublinia is both highly educational and exceedingly interesting even to children who don't normally like visiting museums.

Sections of the museum also include re-enactors who specialise in different aspects of historic recreation who are highly skilled, extremely enthusiastic, and more then happy to share their knowledge with visitors. The themes and time periods showcased in Dublinia are clearly delineated, with Viking Dublin being on one floor and Medieval Dublin on the next. Medieval Dublin is then split in two with reconstructions of town life covering half the second floor and Dublin during the plague on the other half with a diorama of the settlement during the 12th century - complete with headsets explaining the geographical impact on the land as well as information boards - in the centre.

The museum is almost entirely wheelchair accessible; the three floors connect via a lift with the exception of the St Michael's Tower. Originally built in the 13th century the tower can only be ascended via a staircase consisting of 96 stairs - a handrail is present throughout. There is also an exhibition showcasing the history of the surrounding parish located at the base of the tower for those who can handle some stairs but can't necessarily do the whole tower. The staff have gone through Autism awareness training and the museum provides both a video guide and a sensory map to help with preparing for a visit and the building itself has clear and easy to read signs telling you where to go (these signs are in English).

Dublinia suggests planning for at least 90 minutes to be spent inside. I would suggest it is more realistic to expect to spend a minimum of 120 minutes inside and not to plan anything time sensitive afterwards so you aren't rushing or stressing about timings. Booking in advance is available via their website but not necessary as you can buy tickets at the door, though if you're wanting to make a group booking definitely do it through the website.

A brilliant and unique museum experience that is wonderful for all ages and designed with physical and neurodiverse accessibility in mind and I would highly recommend it for a day out to anyone with even a passing interest in history.

I did not take Dublinia's guided tour so cannot comment on that experience.

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