After hitting the Guinness Museum we went up to see the Michael Collins Barracks art museum. It’s the annex to the downtown museum but has a rather extensive collection in its own right. One section had a range of martial exhibits, including dueling, soldiers, and more on the revolution with a bit on the civil war. There was also a temporary exhibit with neat Asian art as well as an animal exhibit, parts of the ‘dead zoo,’ while its current home was being renovated. My favorite piece though was from the scientific equipment section, it was clockwork model of the solar system that included moons for outer planets. Sadly, no pictures of the interior because it is a fairly conventional museum in that regard.
Afterwards we went off to Dublina, which felt more like a mix between Viking-oriented Renaissance Festival and a city museum. That was a fun tour and while at times a little hokey it had good maps covering the cities history, a neat archeological section, and info on Vikings that included good cultural detail. The museum was next to Christ Church Cathedral and actively laments the nearby civic office building that was apparently built over an archeological site.
Afterwards we wandered about and did some shopping and chocolate buying. Basically a flurry of activity trying to hit everywhere we wanted to that would be closed by 5 or 6 pm. Our last museum involved a return to Dublin Castle but will be saved for the next entry.
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