Housed in the 18th century Georgian Palladian Custom House in Limerick City. The permanent collection, is a serious cabinet of curiosities with artefacts from all over the world. It is the legacy of the Hunt family, and features Irish archaeology, medieval artefacts, Greek and Roman antiquities, fine art, fashion, ceramics, and Viking jewellery on three floors of the museum. The fine Captains’ room houses some of our best paintings with works from Picasso, Gauguin, Renoir, Henry Moore, Roderic O’Connor, Jack B. Yeats and Paul Henry.
The Collection includes objects from the Stone Age to the 20th Century.
Among the important pieces are the personal seal of Charles I of England, the 9th Century Antrim Cross, the Mary Queen of Scots Cross and a coin revered since the Middle Ages as being one of ‘the thirty pieces of silver’.
Throughout the year the Gallery exhibits a diverse range of temporary exhibitions from fashion designers, ceramicists, printmakers and artists. Jun to Sept 2019 two very well-known Irish artists, Lavery and Osborne, are curated in a lavish exhibition that features many works from private collectors across the world.
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Custom House Quay, Limerick City Centre, overlooking the Custom House Park and River Shannon
Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick City, Ireland