Discover what the Museum’s unique collection of artefacts and displays can tell us about Viking burial customs and beliefs, their society and politics and the new inventions and materials that they brought to Ireland through travel and trade across Europe and the Middle East
Tour at a Glance
Level: 3rd to 6th Class
Group size: 30 students max
Location: Viking Ireland Exhibition, First Floor
Duration: 45 mins
Days available: Tuesdays and Wednesdays during term time
Times available: 10:30am and 12:00pm
Accessibility: Not wheelchair accessible. Please advise us of any mobility needs when booking.
Curriculum Links
SESE History
- Working as an Historian Time and Chronology / Using Evidence / Change and Continuity / Cause and Effect / Synthesis and Communication / Empathy
- Story Stories from the lives of the people in the past
- Early People and Ancient Societies Early Christian Ireland / Vikings
- Continuity and Change Over Time Homes, House and Urban Developments / Nomadism / Food and Farming / Clothes / Literature, Arts, Crafts and Culture / Barter, Trade and Money
Other curriculum links include
- SESE Geography A Sense of Place and Space / Human Environments / Natural Environments
- SESE Science Working Scientifically / Designing and Making / Living Things / Materials
- English Receptiveness to Language/ Competence and Confidence in using Language
Learning Outcomes
- Study real artefacts such as Viking grave goods and early Irish Christian metalwork
- Discover how archaeology has contributed to our understanding of early Christian Ireland and the Viking period and what it can tell us about:
- the reasons for the Viking raids on Ireland
- their journey from Scandinavia to Ireland
- early Viking settlement in Ireland
- everyday life in Viking Dublin - Explore the changes brought about by the arrival of Vikings to Ireland