Sunday, November 13, 2011

Dublinia

Dublinia is an interactive museum, geared towards students and children, in downtown Dublin. It covers Viking Dublin and Medieval Dublin as well as touching on the way archeologists unearth the treasures that are either displayed or mentioned in the museum. In the Viking section, the displays are lifesized and include a typical Viking house, ship and dockside market. You can try on different types of helmets and even spell your name out in runes. In the Medieval section of the museum, there is a scale model of Dublin and lots of information on the Black Death which swept through the town. The final section of the museum is dedicated to the field of archeology. it shows many of the items found in digs around the city of Dublin. It is totally worth the visit and both Skye and Jax seemed to enjoy it.


The entrance
Jax trying on a helm

Viking burial

Rubbing out the runes in our names



Information on The Black Death


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