Irish Silver Museum opens doors to offer a trip through history 

See what's inside a museum that houses one of the finest collections of Irish silver in the world

A Monteith or punchbowl, made by Thomas Bolton, 1696.

The Irish Silver Museum, home to one of the largest collections of Irish silver in the world, has been officially opened by the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe. Using beautiful objects the museum, which stands above a medieval wine vault dating to the 1440s, is open daily. 

It offers visitors a journey through Irish history from the arrival of the Vikings to our entry to the EEC in 1973 and beyond.