Explore Ireland’s evolving culture with our Decorative Arts, Design and Military History Collection, beside Dublin’s River Liffey
Image by Mark Stedman
Temporary Exhibition | On display until March 2026
Image credits: Top row L-R: Sinead Byrne, Podge O'Farrell, Andy Dalton, Sharon Morrin. Bottom row L-R: Simone Ni Chinneide, Lena Byrne, Sean Gilmartin.
Changing Ireland at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks.
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Find out moreCollections pertaining to the decorative arts and history are maintained by curators in the Art and Industrial Division.
Their role is to collect, manage, and preserve Ireland’s heritage in the decorative and applied arts, as well as its political, economic, military and social history.
The primary aim is to promote a wider understanding of Ireland’s cultural heritage and to highlight the country’s contribution to European decorative arts and in a broader international context.
This Bodhisattva head was one of the first donations to the National Museum of Ireland by Albert Bender. The dealer involved in acquiring it for Bender was Henry H. Hart of Oriental Arts, San Francisco.
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