National Heritage Week: "Minerals, Museums, and Mines" at the RDS
Mon 17 Aug – Fri 21 Aug · RDS Library, RDS, 22–30 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 · Dublin
Details & booking — National Heritage Week (Heritage Council) official listings
via National Heritage Week (Heritage Council) official listings · Checked 30 Jul 2026
About this event
The Royal Dublin Society opens its library for a week-long exhibition and talk on Ireland's mineral collections and mining history, part of National Heritage Week's "Heritage at Risk" theme. The RDS Library is not normally on the visitor circuit, which is much of the appeal: 18th-century scientific collections in a working members' institution, explained by the people who look after them.
Why we picked it
Access to a closed institutional library, free, and a good anchor for a wider Heritage Week itinerary across the city.
Free entry
Free admission, as listed on the National Heritage Week programme; Heritage Week events are free.
Registration
Registration needed
None stated on the listing
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