Take Your Seats Interactive Space

National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks

Family drop‑in activity
No booking required. This is a Self-Guided experience, available to visit during Museum Opening Hours.

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Event Summary

Take your place at Collins Barracks and visit our interactive Take Your Seats gallery, located in the Four Centuries of Furniture exhibition. Take Your Seats explores chair design from concept to execution and features some iconic chairs that have shaped the way we sit. After exploring the gallery, use the paper provided to draw your own chair, using all you have learned. Bring your design home or hang it up to inspire others! We hope to seat you there!   

No booking is required to visit this gallery. This is a Self-Guided experience, available to visit during Museum Opening Hours. Children must be supervised at all times. Find out more at the following link: Take Your Seats 

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What You’ll Experience

• Learn about furniture design in history
• Enjoy a quiet space to reflect and draw your own chair creation
• Be inspired by our Reconstructed Rooms: Four Centuries of Furnishings exhibition.

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Who Is This For?

• Families and children

Children must be supervised at all times.

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Dates & Times

Available to visit at any time during Museum Opening Hours. For more information, please see the following link: Opening Hours, Location and Facilities

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Location

Take Your Seats Gallery
National Museum of Ireland – Collins Barracks
Benburb St, Dublin 7, D07 XKV4

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Accessibility Information

• Wheelchair accessible
• Please contact bookings@museum.ie for specific access queries

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Booking Information

• Free
• This is a Self-Guided experience, available to visit during Museum Opening Hours.

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Related Experiences

• Take Your Seats
• Reconstructed Rooms: Four Centuries of Furnishings
• Barracks Life Interactive Space

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to book in advance?
No booking is required to visit this gallery. This is a Self-Guided experience, available to visit during Museum Opening Hours. Children must be supervised at all times.

Is the gallery suitable for children?
Yes, this activity is best suited to families and children. Children must be supervised at all times.

Where do I go when I arrive?
Take Your Seats is on the Museum's 2nd Floor, located inside the Four Centuries of Furnishing gallery. Please ask a member of our Front of House team for assistance on arrival, and they can direct you to this space.