GAA Museum is a sports museum in Dublin. GAA Museum or Gaelic Athletic Association Museum was established in 1884 for commemorating the contribution of GAA to Irish sports, its culture and social life. Location of GAA Museum in Dublin is at the St. Joseph's Avenue in Croke Park. It takes about 10 minutes to reach this museum from the city center. This museum is the home of Ireland's national games and tournaments. Museum provides an in depth information about Gaelic football and hurling. It is considered as the largest sporting and cultural organization of the nation.
The museum showcases historic exhibits and data banks highlighting the historic moments of Irish sports, the great games played by the Irish teams and names of all the Irish sport. The tours of GAA Museum offers an in-depth study of the historic and modern sporting arenas of both national and international origin. Facilities at this museum include corporate suites, dressing rooms, media center, VIP section and pitch side. The main collections at this museum feature sports documents related to hurling, Gaelic football, handball artifacts, camogie and some works of art, photographs, literature, memorabilia and associated materials focusing on the history of the Irish games over the years and its players. The collections are well preserved and maintained.
Exhibitions at GAA Museum
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The permanent exhibitions in this museum is open to the general public throughout the year. The exhibitions are placed at the permanent gallery space with changing themes. The medal collections include Jimmy Doyle Collection, Jack Lynch Collection, Leahy Collection, Noel Skehan Collection, Christy Ring Collection, Peter McDermott Collection and Timmy Ryan Collection. Another segment is made up of the significant sports trophies won by Ireland. This exhibition includes the Liam MacCarthy Cup and Sam Maguire Cup. Some audio visual shows are also presented at this museum, including the National Awakening, The 1947 Polo Grounds Final, Gaeilge, Croke Park and Provincial Stadia, Micheál Ó hEithir Theatre, Women's Gaelic football and many others. The most popular permanent exhibitions of the museum are Davin Exhibition, Camogie Exhibition and Bloody Sunday Exhibition.
Information about GAA Museum
The GAA Museum is open all through the year. The openings hours of this museum is from 09.30 am to 5.00 pm (Monday - Saturday) and from noon to 5.00pm on Sundays. During the months of July and August, the museum remains open from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm (Monday - Saturday). During the days of matches, the museum remains open until one hour after the match.
GAA Museum is one of the destinations of Dublin, visited by almost all the sports lovers coming to Europe.
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