National Maritime Museum of Ireland
 The restored Mariners' Church houses the museum. |
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| place | Dún Laoghaire (near Dublin) |
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Marine museums
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| opening | 1978 |
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The National Maritime Museum of Ireland ( English National Maritime Museum of Ireland , Irish Músaem Náisiúnta Muirí na hÉireann ) is located in the Irish port city of Dún Laoghaire . It is based in the former Irish-Anglican church building of Mariners' Church , which dates back to 1836 .
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The museum building itself (picture on the right) is an important testimony to Irish naval history. It was built for seafarers in the 19th century and was the main Irish-Anglican church in the city until Easter 1972.
The museum illustrates marine history with its voyages of discovery, navigation techniques and other technical achievements such as deep-sea cables and marine radio . It owns oil paintings by the Irish artist Kenneth King (* 1939), who depicted all the Irish ships that were lost during the Second World War . This includes his painting, which depicts the sinking of the MV Ardmore II (picture left) . The Irish freighter sank on November 12, 1940 after running into a sea mine , killing 18 sailors.
Among the most striking exhibits of the museum, the original part lens system (right) of the lighthouse Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head in East Dublin that there did his service since 1902 and 1972, was removed in the modernization of the lighthouse.
The museum is open daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Web links
- Web presence at Mariner.ie (English)
- Logo of the National Maritime Museum of Ireland .
- The Baily Optic (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ National Maritime Museum of Ireland , accessed March 12, 2018.
- ^ The Baily Optic , accessed March 13, 2018.
Coordinates: 53 ° 17 '32 " N , 6 ° 7' 54" W.