One of Dublin's greatest surprises, tucked away behind Dublin castle. An amazing collection of ancient manuscripts, including some of the earliest texts of the Bible as well as Islamic, Chinese, Japanese and Indian art. A deserving past winner of the European Museum of the Year Award, even the most difficult to please can while away hours on its explorations of world religions. The Middle-Eastern influenced canteen is one of Dublin's best-kept secrets for a good-value lunch.
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It really is a superb museum. Everything is very well explained and there's lots of information that's extremely accessible. Strange that there's virtually nothing about Judaism in the wealth of other material.
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