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National Museum of Natural History Review
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National Museum of Natural History
Museums / Galleries, Southside
Fodor's Review:
The famed explorer of the African interior, Dr. Stanley Livingstone (of "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" fame), inaugurated this museum when it opened in 1857. It's little changed from Victorian times and remains a fascinating repository of mounted mammals, birds, and other flora and fauna. The Irish Room houses the most famous exhibits: skeletons of the extinct, prehistoric, giant "Irish elk." The World Animals Collection includes a 65-foot whale skeleton suspended from the roof. Don't miss the very beautiful Blaschka Collection, finely detailed glass models of marine creatures, the zoological accuracy of which has never been achieved again in glass. The museum is next door to the Government Buildings.
INFO
- Address: Merrion Sq. W, Southside, Dublin, Co. Dublin
- Phone: 01/677-7444
- Web site
- Cost: Free
- Open: Tues.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 2-5
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