Dublin Museum of Archaeology, 19/01/2012:

Our second day in Dublin, my parents and I explored the local museums. Dublin is home to many national museums of Ireland, including the archaeology museum. We ended up at the archaeology museum by mistake (we were aiming for the National Gallery) but enjoyed the exhibits nonetheless.

As always, I was equally as impressed by the building as the collection. I enjoyed reading about the beginning history of Ireland, and was particularly interested in the discovery of a bible from the 8th century in a bog. I have no pictures of that exhibit, since the book was (understandably) light sensitive, but I uploaded a few other pictures from the museum.

Image descriptions:

  1. The domed ceiling in the entryway of the museum.
  2. An rustic doorway.
  3. An ancient carved head (of semi-unknown meaning).
  4. A medieval crucifix waiting to hold a remnant of the True Cross.