Museums & Archive

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Collections of diverse objects such as books, coins, vintage cars, boats and farm machinery provide a link with our past. The preservation of such collections is an important part our Museums and Archive work.

Irish Jewish Museum

3/4 Walworth Road, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
t. 085 706 7357
e. museum@jewishireland.org

The museum is opened to the public at the following times:

May - Sept: Sunday - Thursday, 11am - 3.30pm
Oct - April:
Sunday, 10.30am - 2.30pm

Group visits at other times by appointment

The Irish Jewish Museum is located in the former Jewish populated area of Portobello, Dublin in what was Walworth Road Synagogue, The Museum contains a substantial collection of memorabilia relating to the commercial and social life of the Jewish communities of Belfast, Cork, Derry, Drogheda, Dublin, Limerick & Waterford and covers 150 years.

It is divided into several distinct areas. The entrance area and corridors display photographs, paintings, certificates and testimonials. The ground floor contains a general display relating to the commercial and social life of the Jewish community. Upstairs, the original Synagogue, with all its ritual fittings, is on view and also the Harold Smerling Gallery containing Jewish religious objects.