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Hunt Museum


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 73 attractions in Limerick
Traveler Description: "Exhibiting one of Ireland's greatest private collections of art and antiquities, dating from the Neolithic to the 20th Century, including works by... more »
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Attraction type: History museum
Address: The Custom House
Rutland St. Limerick
Ireland
Tel: 353 61-312833
Fax: 353 61-312834

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4 of 5 stars
teddy1998   14 contributions
Dublin, Ireland
Jul 14, 2009

Wonderful collection of artifacts - pottery, silver, stone axeheads, jewellery, old religious items and paintings. Be sure to open the drawers in the display cabinets. I saw a Renoir and a Gauguin tucked into them. There is a wonderful exhibition of Sean Keating there at the moment and that in itself is worth the visit. I also saw a couple... more

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5 of 5 stars
margatemensch   110 contributions
margate,florida
Dec 10, 2008

This museum located in the heart of Limerick has a fine collection of antiquities from Pre-historic times(800 B.C. Bronze Age shield and cauldron,Neolithic tools),the Medieval Period(6th Century Greek Wooden Statue,13th Century Stained Glass,),and the Renaissance(South German limewood statue of Balthasar,Hohenzollern Crucifix,Gilded Bourdeloue from France).It also has a few fine Irish paintings by William Orpen,Sean Keating,and Roderic O'Conor plus a fine... more

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4 of 5 stars
JoshIndy   10 contributions
Indianapolis
Nov 9, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The Hunt Museum was an unexpected bright spot on rainy Limerick Sunday. The entire collection and rotating exhibits are free on Sundays. I found that the eclectic collection seemed a bit hodgepodge but the docent's anecdotes gave the collection more continuity and meaning. Worth a visit if you are visiting or live in Limerick! more

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5 of 5 stars
Eldarro   7 contributions
Limerick, Ireland
Apr 21, 2008
1/1 found this review helpful

The Hunt Museum is easily Limerick's finest, boasting both a collection of local artefacts and some top-notch global work by first-rate artists -- you aren't going to find a piece by Da Vinci in any other museum in Ireland outside Dublin!!! (Indeed, I doubt if you'll find any by him IN Dublin either!) Even if you see nothing else in... more

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5 of 5 stars
sf_traveler   178 contributions
California
Sep 18, 2005
5/5 found this review helpful

I have to agree with the previous reviewer that this museum isn't particularly focused on Ireland, rather it is an eclectic mix of artifacts from around the world. However, there aren't that many attractions in Limerick (although King John's Castle is absolutely fantastic) so if you find yourself in the city this place is well worth a look. The price... more

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4 of 5 stars
fnaughton   18 contributions
ireland
Apr 12, 2005
8/11 found this review helpful

I'm local, and I love the HUnt museum - lots of interesting things to see, a very "hands-on" place where the kids can open drawers and look inside (artefacts protected by glass, so no danger of damaging things) It was all kinds of weird and wonderful things collected by the Hunt family through the years, including a picasso, some other... more

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Hunt Museum Address

The Custom House | Rutland St., Limerick, Ireland
Tel: 353 61-312833 Fax: 353 61-312834