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COVID-19 Update

Due to the latest guidance from the NI Executive, our museums will remain closed for a planned 6 week period from the 23 December. We look forward to welcoming visitors back to our museums when it is safe to do so and we would like to thank the public for their continued support and patience.

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1916 Easter Rising

1916 Easter Rising

The Easter Rising

This section on the Rising includes material connected to its leaders and aims, souvenirs or reportage connected to events in Dublin and elsewhere, items connected to the imprisonment or execution of participants and the death of civilians, but also material related to those police and soldiers who were tasked with putting down the insurrection and also died.