Little Museum of Dublin

The Little Museum, the "brainchild" of director Trevor White, was formed in April 2011 and officially opened its doors to the public in October of the same year. The Little Museum is a registered charity. Its patrons include Dublin City Council, the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the Matheson Foundation, and The Ireland Funds. An Irish Times article of May 2013 listed the Little Museum as the "best museum experience in Dublin". In 2014, TripAdvisor awarded the museum with a Certificate of Excellence for the third year in a row. In February 2014 the museum won a "David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Award" in the Arts category. As of 2026, it was ranked #1 on TripAdvisor's "things to do in Dublin". The St Stephen's Green museum was temporarily closed in April 2024, and operated from a temporary "pop-up" location Pembroke Street before reopening fully in June 2025. ==Collection==

As a local history museum for the city of Dublin, the Little Museum chronicles the history of the city in the 20th century and provides visitors with information on life in Dublin during that time period. The museum has a collection of over 6,000 artefacts that have largely been donated or loaned directly from the people of Dublin. The small panel was rescued from a skip, by Peter Pearson, and some pieces are missing. Exhibitions in the museum include displays covering the 1916 Rising, U.S. President John F. Kennedy's visit to Dublin, and many other events in Irish political and social history. In 2014 the museum opened an exhibit that focuses on the rock band U2. == Other programs ==

In June 2011, the Little Museum launched an initiative called "City of a Thousand Welcomes". The goal of this initiative was to show the "warmth of local Dubliners" to visitors to the city, by connecting first-time visitors to Dublin with hospitable locals. Over 1,000 such local "ambassadors" were sought to advise visitors on "underestimated" attractions in Dublin, and included historians, teachers, writers and other ordinary city residents. The program, a "civic initiative", aimed to connect first-time visitors to Dublin with a local ambassador who would welcome them by taking them out for a cup of tea or a pint. As of 2021, as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, this initiative was not active. The museum also offers "I Love Dublin" classes for school children ages 6–17. ==Gallery==

File:Little museum front room lo.jpg|Front Room of the museum File:Little museum back room lo.jpg|Telephone display in the Treasury Room File:Groceries lo.jpg|Groceries display in Treasury Room File:Devalera instructions lo.jpg|Rare decree of plenipotentiaries signed by Eamon De Valera under the heading Anglo Irish treaty File:Gold flake lightbox.jpg|Gold flake lightbox File:Messenger bike.jpg|Messenger bike ==References==