Inside Dublin’s Museum of Curiosities as conjoined lambs and historic royal cake go on display

Dublin’s Museum of Curiosities is expanding with rare, unsettling artefacts collected from across Europe and beyond

Paul Mangan at the Museum of Curiosities which he curates in Pembrooke St Lower, Dublin. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Conjoined twin lambs and 209-year-old royal wedding cake are among the macabre exhibits set to make their debut at one of Ireland’s quirkiest museums.

Paul Mangan, who runs Dublin’s Museum of Curiosities, is bracing himself for the arrival of several new additions which will be unveiled in a soon to be opened wing of the Pembroke St facility.