Museums & Archive

Museums & Archive Content

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.

Castletown House
Celbridge, Co. Kildare

Tel: 01 62 88 252
Fax: 01 627 1811
Email: castletown@opw.ie
Website: www.castletown.ie

Open: Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, mid March - end of October.
Closed: On Mondays - Except Bank Holiday Mondays.

Castletown House is considered to be Ireland’s most important historic house. Built between 1722 and 1729 its architectural significance and that of its designed landscape is matched with a compelling social history, brought to life by the survival of many of its 18th century decorative schemes, original contents and archives.

In 1994 Castletown was taken over by the Irish Government and it is now under the management of the Office of Public Works. In the 1990’s major structural work was carried out, particularly on the roof, but also inside the house and since then further conservation work has been ongoing both on the internal fabric of the house and its contents.

Now that it has re-opened to the public it will certainly have an exciting future, inspired by its past.