Things to see or do
Amenities
- Directions: Bus Routes: 7, 45, 63 Dart: Station at Grand Canal Dock or Lansdowne Road 20 minute walk from Trinity College, via Merrion Square
- Opening times: Monday-Friday: 9am-5pm, Saturday and Sunday: 2pm-5pm. Closed on Bank Holiday weekends.
- Facilities: Gutenberg Cafe, wheelchair accessible, disabled toilet, bus and car parking (free), special workshops and temporary exhibitions, guided tours available in many languages.
- Admission Prices: General Admission: FREE Tours: Adults €3.50 Students/OAPs/Children €2 Family €7 Group rates available on request.
National Print Museum
Dublin City
Dublin
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Ireland East
The National Print Museum was officially opened in 1996 in the former Garrison Chapel of Beggars Bush Barracks in Dublin 4. The National Print Museum was established to document the history of printing in Ireland, to retain the skills relating to the craft of printing and to create a permanent working exhibition of printing. The Museum has a collection of over 10,000 objects that covers the whole range of printing crafts in Ireland. The collection comprises of printing machinery and artefacts including printing blocks, metal and wooden moveable type, ephemera, photographs, books, pamphlets, periodicals and one banner. The National Print Museum runs regular workshops in a variety of print related crafts such as calligraphy, printmaking, batik and many more. They also organise a series of lectures each year.
Contact
Telephone+353 (0)1 660 3770Email: info@nationalprintmuseum.ie
Website: www.nationalprintmuseum.ie
Address: Garrison Chapel, Beggars Bush, Haddington Road, Co Dublin, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland
