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Dublinia and the Viking World Review
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Dublinia and the Viking World
- Address: St. Michael's Hill, Dublin West, Dublin, Co. Dublin
- Phone: 01/679-4611
- www.dublinia.ie
- Category: Educational Institutions
- Location: Dublin West
Fodor's Review:
Ever wanted a chance to put your head in the stocks? Dublin's Medieval Trust has set up an entertaining and informative reconstruction of everyday life in medieval Dublin. The main exhibits use high-tech audiovisual and computer displays; you can also see a scale model of what Dublin was like around 1500, a medieval maze, a life-size reconstruction based on the 13th-century dockside at Wood Quay, and a fine view from the tower. For a more modern take on the city, check out the James Malton series of prints of 18th-century Dublin, hanging on the walls of the coffee shop. Dublinia is in the old Synod Hall (formerly a meeting place for bishops of the Church of Ireland), joined via a covered stonework Victorian bridge to Christ Church Cathedral. An exhibition on "The Viking World" consists of a similar reconstruction of life in even earlier Viking Dublin.
- Cost: Exhibit EUR 6
- Open: Apr.-Sept., daily 10-5; Oct.-Mar., Mon.-Sat. 11-4, Sun. 10-4:30
Member Reviews & Ratings:
Mediaeval magic
Posted by poloso from Inveerness, Scotland on 10/13/07
This is an excellent introductio Dublin in the Middle Ages. The displays relating to the archaelogical dig on the nearby Wood Quay area are particularly fascinating.
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