Celebrate the Story of Limerick

Explore the past of our great city

Step inside the beautiful Georgian townhouse that is home to the People’s Museum of Limerick and explore the fascinating past of our great city. From a Viking settlement to a medieval walled town and an elegant Georgian centre – Limerick’s past is a tapestry of colour and culture. Embrace the lives and characters that have shaped us, understand the social, political and cultural forces that have enriched our story and learn about our dramatic military history through the years. To know our story is to understand the very heart of the modern and vibrant metropolitan city we are today.

Explore The Past

Take a tour

Explore and experience our beautiful space and the history of the mighty city we call home.

House Tour

Discover the beauty of our authentic Georgian house.  

Discover Our House

Walking Tours

Step back in time and wander Limerick’s Georgian Quarter

Step Back in Time

Group Tours

We welcome your visiting group of any size.

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Hire Our Space

Give your special launch, recital, lecture or meeting the perfect setting – from our charming coach house to our lush garden.

Hire Our Space

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What Visitors are saying

The guides were all so kind and friendly

My wife and I visited the museum today as it was one of limericks top attractions. The guides were all so kind and friendly. They also offered a lot of good information, things that we would have missed on our own.

Visited Jul 2024

A good choice for a visit

The people that are managing the place are very friendly and welcoming, the tour was really interesting and fun, lot of things to see and learn, it’s a good choice for a visit

Visited Apr 2024

Come and enjoy a tour in the company of knowledgeable, extremely warm and friendly Tour Guides

To clutch at night, seek at dawn to see its grace, is a security that would be impossible to replace. Painters captured delicate collars in the portrait face: with me, a lace piece or two, will always have a place.” C. Smallwood. Regarded as one of the finest examples of late Georgian architecture: the true beauty of 2 Pery Square, was finally revealed after a huge restoration project, whence this rare and beautiful jewel became The People’s Museum of Limerick. Illustrating the extensive, myriad lives of the people, buildings and streets of the remarkable city, the museum is under the care and management of Limerick Civic Trust. Come and enjoy a tour in the company of knowledgeable, extremely warm and friendly Tour Guides; who will bring stories, as well as the house – to life. Engaging and enthusiastic, the People’s Museum offers a fascinating time capsule for visitors to travel through Limericks’s heritage. Built in 1838: Number 2 Pery Square unites the past with the present, along with collections from children’s dolls to military history, and including the most famous of all Irish laces; Limerick lace.

Top 100 Review

Visited Apr 2024

Great staff, Great Tour

Limerick is bursting with history! Cathal, who guided our one-hour walking tour, knew how to bring this history alive. He was knowledgeable and willing to respond to as many questions as we were willing to ask. Save some time at the end to explore the museum as well. My one suggestion? Refresh (or learn) a bit of Irish history before you embark. Speaking personally, my own knowledge was woefully low, so I had little context in which to place all of Cathal’s wonderful stories.

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Visited Apr 2024

Faqs

The Museum is open 6 days a week, from Tuesday to Sunday.

We open 10am to 4pm from Tuesday to Saturday, and 12pm to 4pm on Sundays.

We have a general entry fee of just five euro, and you can get a tour of the Museum for just one euro extra. We also offer concession prices! You can see more on our ticket portal.

Our tours can range between 45 minutes and an hour.

If your group is larger than 20 people, please contact us by email or phone and we can make sure to meet your needs.

No, there is no café in the building, but we are blessed by having great neighbours in No. 1 Pery Square, Zest Café, South’s bar, Rift Coffee, Belltable Café, and Bobby Byrne’s!

Unfortunately, we do not have full disabled access in the Museum due to the nature of the building itself, but there is disability access to the Coach House and our ground floor.

Yes, we do! We hire out six of our rooms on a nightly basis for a whole host of events, such as meetings, lectures, concerts, and even birthdays and weddings. Please contact us if you want to use our spaces!

Please consult our price lists in our venue hire page.

Yes, we are just three minutes walk away from the Colbert station. There are also four bus stops nearby which will bring you to wherever in the city you need to go!

There is a limited amount of paid parking spaces outside the Museum, as part of the on-street parking in the city centre.

We do not allow pets in the museum, due to the artefacts and artworks that are on display throughout the building.

We do not allow any eating or drinking during the Museum tours, or during a visit to the house.

Please contact us directly, and we will try our best to facilitate you! Just please bear in mind that there can sometimes be a waiting list when booking our exhibition spaces.

Make An Enquiry

Please feel free to contact us with questions, feedback, advice and opportunities. Most questions can be answered by our Frequently Asked Questions.