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Epic Walking Tour
Take the Epic Walking Tour through the streets and buildings, through 1000 years of Waterford’s history from the Vikings to the Victorians.
NEW MUSEUM
Irish Wake Museum – Rituals of Death
Explore Ireland’s first ever Wake Museum - experience traditions and superstitions, from early Christian times right up to the 20th century.
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Irish Silver Museum
Since the Viking period in Ireland, silver has been a most prized metal and a means of exchange.
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The Irish Museum of Time
This refurbished gothic-style church is a fitting home for what is beyond doubt the finest collection of Irish timepieces in the world.
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Bishop’s Palace
This exquisite architectural jewel, now a museum, continues to delight over 250 years later, the ground and first floors furnished as a very elegant 18th-century townhouse.
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Medieval Museum
Step back into Medieval Waterford as you begin your tour in the 13th century Choristers Hall and 15th Century Wine vault.
King of the Vikings
Experience the thrill of raiding the Viking settlement they called 'Vadrefjordyr'. The King of the Vikings - the world's first Viking VR adventure.
Reginald’s Tower
Reginald’s Tower is Waterford’s landmark monument and Ireland’s oldest civic building.
Welcome to Waterford Treasures
The only dedicated Museum Quarter on the island of Ireland.
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Plan your visit
Whether you are a first-time visitor or regular visitor, it's always important to plan your visit. Here we have some top tips from our team of experts to help you enjoy your time at the Waterford Treasures.
Epic Walking Tour
CLOSED
Monday to Friday
12:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Saturday
12:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
12:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Irish Wake Museum – Rituals of Death
OPEN
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
Closed
Friday
9:15 am — 5:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
Irish Silver Museum
OPEN
Monday to Friday
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
The Irish Museum of Time
OPEN
Monday to Friday
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
Bishop’s Palace
OPEN
Monday to Friday
9:15 am — 5:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am — 5:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
Medieval Museum
OPEN
Monday to Friday
9:15 am — 5:00 pm
Saturday
9:30 am — 5:00 pm
Sunday/Bank Holiday
11:00 am — 5:00 pm
Our team here at Waterford Treasures are on hand to assist you with any questions you may have.
Our museums have different opening times, prices, addresses & facilities.
What’s on
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Nov 14th to Dec 23rd
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Christmas Programme 2024
Join us this Christmas at Waterford Treasures for a large number of events for all ages.
Nov 8th to Nov 9th
2:00 PM to 4:45 PM
International conference: ‘Waterford and the Wider World 1500–1800’
In partnership with Trinity College Dublin, the Granville Hotel, University College Dublin, Maynooth University, Creative Waterford, Waterford City & County Council and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Oct 26th to Oct 31st
4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Halloween Tour – The Urban Underbelly
This Halloween discover the Urban Underbelly at the Irish Wake Museum
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Oct 26th to Oct 31st
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Halloween Event – Children’s Workshop
Join us this Halloween for a family-friendly workshop.
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Oct 25th to Oct 30th
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Halloween Event – Dark History Tours
This Halloween join the Curators of Waterford Treasures for a walk on the dark side.
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Oct 9th to Oct 30th
1:15 PM to 2:00 PM
October 2024: Lunchtime Talks with Dr. Eugene Broderick
Join us this October for a series of talks with Dr. Eugene Broderick.
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Stories highlights
Murder Aboard the Earl of Sandwich: The Pirates of Dollar Bay
Suirside Silver: 2004 FAI Cup runners-up medal
Rivalries, Royals and Rabbits: The Art of Waterford’s Great Charter Roll
Morbid Monuments: The Great Plague and the Cadaver Tomb
Embroidering the Truth: Sailors and the Art of the Sea
Luke Wadding: The Man who gave us St. Patrick’s Day
Crazy Cures for Ancient Ailments: Medieval Medicine in Ireland
The Burning of Bridget Cleary: Witches, Fairies and the Danger of Superstition
The 1918 Flu Pandemic in Ireland
The Easter Rising of 1916: Four Waterford Volunteers
The Devil’s Drink and Disturber of the Peace: The History of Coffee in Ireland
The Festival of Bealtaine: Traditional Piseogs and practices for May Day
Charles Stewart Parnell: Irish nationalist & lost English cricketer?
Crusades, Conspiracies and Coercion: The Knights Templar in Waterford
The French Connection: Letitia Bonaparte Wyse
Tea: The Origins of Our National Drink
The Show-Stopping, Chart-Topping Career of Brendan Bowyer
Tainted by the Stain of Original Sin: Irish Participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade
Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts: A Life Under the Microscope
What’s in a name? The story of where Denny’s sausages got their gold medal
Paddy Coad: The Greatest Irish Player Never to Play in England
The Viking Slave Trade in Ireland
Inaugural ‘Waterford International Festival of Time’ announced coming May 2022
The MET Gala: Monroe, Kardashian and textile conservationists
Winner alright, Winner alright!
Who did good and prayed for all. And banished the Devil from Loftus Hall
Waterford and Wine Through the Centuries
Inaugural ‘Waterford International Festival of Time’ announced for May 2022
‘Back for the Irish Nation…’: The Withdrawal of British Forces from Waterford City 1922
Royal Connections – A Chronicle of Waterford’s Royal Visits
Bringing Home the Bacon – Food in Medieval Ireland
Oliver Cromwell and the Siege of Waterford in 1649
The Jail Wall Disaster
PATRICK JOSEPH MAHON: FORGOTTEN WORLD NO. 1 GOLFER?
Waterford and the last Great Auk of Ireland
Great Calligraphy Festival to celebrate the Art of Writing in Waterford – the Great Parchment Book
Great Calligraphy Festival Celebrating the Art of Writing in Waterford
Waterford Treasures Nationwide Museum Showcase
Crotty the Robber – A Waterford Legend
New Geneva – The Town That Never Was
Families are invited to enjoy a new free ‘Treasures Trail’ in Waterford
Murder in the Palace! Dastardly Darcy and the Doctor who played Detective
Stephen de Fulbourn – The Money Was Only Resting In His Account
Official Opening of the Irish Silver Museum by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe
Blog: Bullion, Bands and Brooches: Silver Culture During the Viking age
Bullion, Bands and Brooches: Silver Culture during the Viking Age
The Longitude Problem – How One Man Saved Sea Travel With A Watch
Blog: The Longitude Problem – How One Man Saved Sea Travel With A Watch
Waterford Treasures re-opens with a brand new ‘Freedom of Waterford’ Tour.
Reginald’s Tower – Once, Twice, Three Times a Prison.
The Siege of Waterford 1495.
The Siege of Waterford 1495
The Irish Museum of Time makes the news in the Irish Times.
A Pirate’s Life For Me – The Real Lives of Munster Pirates.
A Pirate’s Life For Me – The Real Lives of Munster Pirates
It’s almost Earth Day.
The Irish Museum of Time.
Tell it to the Bees: Brehon Beekeepers
So, What’s the deal with Sea Shanties?
Meitheal 2021 – Virtual Global Travel Trade Fair, IRELAND
Good Friday: History, Origins, Traditions, And Rituals by Alex Shute.
Waterford Treasures on RTE Nationwide – Mon.1st February with the marriage of Strongbow & Aoife.
Happy New Year from everyone at Waterford Treasures & King of the Vikings.
Death of the former Mayor and Labour Party stalwart Pat Hayes.
Happy Christmas from Waterford Treasures.
Generous donation from the US Ambassador to Ireland, His Excellency, Mr. Edward F. Crawford.
Another Award for Waterford Treasures from Lux Lifestyle Magazine.
Christmas Shop now open in the Medieval Museum with a massive 50% Off!
Medieval Museum and the Bishop’s Palace re-open to the public, see you soon!
Vikings to Victorians: Waterford Offers a Broad Breath of History.
Lionel Richardson: ‘the greatest daffodil grower in the world’.
Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions – Waterford Treasure closure.
Republic of Ireland Prestige Award 2020 by Corporate LiveWire.
Davy Walsh: Waterford-born Linfield Legend
Urban Squalor in Georgian Waterford: Filth, Falls and Fever.
Freemasons in Ireland and further afield.
Freemasons in Ireland (and Further Afield)
Update on Level 3 restrictions for closure of Waterford Treasures.
Lionel Richardson: ‘the greatest daffodil grower in the world’
John Dwyer Trad Weekend – Imagine Arts Festival Waterford.
Concubines and ‘lady wives’: the family life of the British officer in the early days of the Raj.
Concubines and ‘lady wives’: the family life of the British officer in the early days of the Raj
‘A CYCLING CARNIVAL’: Ireland v England, People’s Park, Waterford – 11th August 1891.
‘A CYCLING CARNIVAL’: Ireland v England, People’s Park, Waterford – 11th August 1891
Spring Heeled Jack: Notorious Urban Legend or the work of the ‘Mad Marquess’ of Waterford?
Spring Heeled Jack: Notorious Urban Legend or the work of the ‘Mad Marquess’ of Waterford?
The Lost Eleven Days of 1752.
The Lost Eleven Days of 1752
Safety First at the King of the Vikings.
The Irish Museum of Time with support from Bolster Flooring.
The Exile of Diarmuid Mac Murchada.
The Exile of Diarmuid Mac Murchada
The Helen of Ireland: The Abduction of Derbforgaill Iníon Maechleachlainn.
The Helen of Ireland: The Abduction of Derbforgaill Iníon Maechleachlainn
Face Masks/Coverings Compulsory in Museums from Mon.10th August.
TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Awards 2020 – Best of the Best!
Thomas Francis Meagher and the Fighting 69th.
Thomas Francis Meagher and the Fighting 69th
Danny Morgan: Cheltenham Gold Cup Winning Jockey & Trainer.
Ninth Definitive Stamp Series issued.
Danny Morgan: Cheltenham Gold Cup Winning Jockey & Trainer
Was Anne Boleyn born in Carrick-on-Suir?
Was Anne Boleyn born in Carrick on Suir?
Waterford Treasures awarded their COVID-19 Safety Charter from Fáilte Ireland.
Time is flying by at the Irish Museum of Time – coming soon!
Medieval Mead and Waterford Whiskey: A history of Spirits in Waterford
Re-opening of the Georgian Bishop’s Palace & the King of the Vikings 3D Adventure.
Celtic Squash Club: A ‘great Waterford nursery’!
The Irish Museum of Time, Greyfriars Church, Waterford, IRELAND.
Celtic Squash Club: A ‘great Waterford nursery’
Fáilte Ireland’s COVID-19 Safety Charter for the tourism sector.
A Very Viking Funeral: The Woodstown Warrior.
Re-opening of the award winning Medieval Museum today, Mon.29th June.
The Wool Trade in Waterford in the Middle Ages
‘Exquisite Gold Ring Brooch’ from about 1210.
The Great Parchment Book of Waterford.
Relic of the True Cross on display in the award winning Medieval Museum.
The only piece of clothing left from King Henry VIII, the Cap of Maintenance.
The Great Charter Roll of Waterford – the worlds first PowerPoint presentation!
Paddy Coad: The Greatest Irish Player Never to Play in England.
Medieval Museum will re-open on Monday 29th June, online booking only.
Tainted by the Stain of Original Sin: Irish Participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade.
The Show-Stopping, Chart-Topping Career of Brendan Bowyer!
Brendan Bowyer – Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Tea: The Origins of Our National Drink
‘Full Accreditation’ status in the Heritage Council Museum Standards Programme.
The French Connection: Letitia Bonaparte Wyse
Happy 40th Anniversary to Liam & Ann Cusack of the Granville Hotel, Waterford, Ireland
WLR FM Radio Historical Pieces with Eamonn McEneaney on The Big Breakfast Blaa.
Crusades, Conspiracies and Coercion: The Knights Templar in Waterford
The Festival of Bealtaine: Traditional Piseogs and practices for May Day
The Devil’s Drink and Disturber of the Peace: The History of Coffee in Ireland
Crazy Cures for Ancient Ailments: Medieval Medicine in Ireland.
Corona Virus (COVID-19) ***UPDATE***
Embroidering the Truth: Sailors and the Art of the Sea.
King of the Vikings re-opens Fri.13th March at 10:30 am.
Teresa Deevy was a dramatist, nationalist and women’s rights activist. #IWD2020
Rivalries, Royals and Rabbits: The Art of Waterford’s Great Charter Roll
Waterford Treasures Talks 2020 – Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell
Cruel Fates and ‘Unnatural Mothers’ – Abandoned Children in Georgian Waterford
Murder Aboard the Earl of Sandwich: The Pirates of Dollar Bay
4 Lunchtime Talk with Dr.Eugene Broderick for February.
Free Entry to Waterford Treasures from Waterford Credit Union!
Cruel Fates and ‘Unnatural Mothers’ – Abandoned Children in Georgian Waterford
A Corrupt Corporation: The Newport/ Alcock agreement of 1818
A Corrupt Corporation: The Newport/ Alcock agreement of 1818
A Feast or a Famine: the eating habits of the rich in the eighteenth century
2020 Chinese New Year – The year of the Rat.
A Feast or a Famine: the eating habits of the rich in the eighteenth century
Bliain an Áir: The forgotten famine of 1740-41
Bliain an Áir: The forgotten famine of 1740-41
A Very Victorian Funeral: Weird Waterfordians
A Very Victorian Funeral: Weird Waterfordians
Georgian January: The Slightly Saucy Fairytale of Dorothea Jordan
Georgian January: The Slightly Saucy Fairytale of Dorothea Jordan
Georgian January – The Grand Tour and Young Irish Men in the Eighteenth Century
A Stitch in Time – The long history of the wristwatch
A New Year in New York – The history of the Waterford Crystal Times Square Ball!
A New Year in New York – The history of the Waterford Crystal Times Square Ball!
The Christmas Truce of 1914
Christmas Opening Hours 2020
A Viking Christmas: Yule in Vadrarfjordr
Looking for a gift this Christmas!
A Saturnalia Miracle! the Pagan Origins of Christmas
From Giant dogs to Giant Deer, read our new blog!
Object in Focus Part 2: The Irish Elk Antlers and Victorian Conservation Efforts
Man’s Best Friend: The long history of the Irish Wolfhound
New Blog for Waterford Treasures!
Got a Sweet Tooth? The Scandalous Beginnings of Hot Chocolate
What’s in a word? Viking influences on Irish language
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Object in Focus – Irish Elk Antlers
It’s About Time – The man who accidentally became a clock-maker to the King of Spain
It’s About Time – The first watches!
Rare Irish Republican stamps from Cork (1922).
BLACK FRIDAY Sale – 25% Off!
The Bishop Atherton Conspiracy
Award ceremony at City Hall for Eamonn McEneaney, director of Waterford Treasures.
Eamonn McEneaney appointed Officer (Knight First Grade) of The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
8th Dr Niall Byrne Memorial Lecture – Mon. 4th Nov. at 7:30 pm.
Denny Gold Medal Sausages
Final talk of this series of lunchtime talks with Dr Eugene Broderick.
Waterford Treasures Talks presents Lt Commander Michael Brunicardi.
Waterford Treasures presents the third of this 7th Series of Lunchtime talks by Dr Eugene Broderick
The man who accidentally became a clock-maker to the King of Spain.
Waterford Treasures presents the second in the latest series of lunchtime talks by Eugene Broderick
The Great Irish Elk has arrived in Waterford at City Hall!
Waterford Treasures presents the 7th Series of four lunchtime talks by Dr Eugene Broderick.
Waterford Treasures Talks presents Eoin Ó Brion, TD this coming Thurs. 10th October at 7:30 pm.
The late Dr. John Maiben Gilmartin.
Culture Night 2019 – Friday 20th September – Free Guided Tours
Bishop’s Palace and House of Waterford Crystal join forces for great new tour offering!
Viking Battle takes place in ‘Veðrafjǫrðr’!
Mrs Fiona Lunch donates her families collection of Irish and English glass to the Bishop’s Palace.
His Excellency Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Indian Ambassador to Ireland visits Waterford Treasures.
Global Travel Marketplace (GTM) Florida.
Brendan Bowyer, the Royal Showband & the Hucklebuck Shoes.
Staircase Landing of the Bishop’s Palace.
The Big Breakfast Blaa crew visited the Bishop’s Palace new ‘4D Masterpieces in Glass’ exhibition.
The Franciscan Friary at Greyfriars, Waterford.
Mayors’ Treasury at City Hall in Ireland’s oldest city, ‘Veðrafjǫrðr’, Waterford.
Happy 4th of July
Oliver Cromwell and the siege of Waterford
Waterford Treasures Talks presents Dr Catherine Day – ‘Ireland in the post-Brexit EU’
Regent Seven Seas Explorer arrives in Dunmore East
Waterford Treasures June Talk – Liam Murphy.
King of the Vikings, world’s first Viking 3D Virtual Reality Adventure.
The Wool Trade in Waterford in the Middle Ages.
Waterford Treasures May Talk – Dr Alison Fitzgerald
Cap of Maintenance of King Henry VIII
‘Like the 9th-century Irish Vikings, I see myself as a Gall-Gaedil or a foreign Gael’
Eoghan Harris: ‘Fermanagh Man drives down to Waterford to speak his mind’.
Waterford Viking Triangle Discovery Day with Adventure 001 Ireland!
Chinese media interest in our Chinese Armorial Porcelain exhibition at the Bishop’s Palace.
Launch of the exhibition on Chinese Armorial Porcelain in Ireland.
Waterford Treasures Talks – 30th April 2019 – Eoghan Harris
The Waterford Blaa!
Dr Éibhear Walshe will read from his new book on Wed. 24th April at 7:30 pm.
20th Year Anniversary at Waterford Treasures at the Granary!
The world’s first PowerPoint – the Great Charter Roll of Waterford 1373.
St. Patrick’s Weekend Opening Hours
King of the Vikings will re-open on Friday 15th March at 10:30 am.
Annie Brophy was born in 1899, a brilliant photographer.
Sir Thomas Wyse wed Letizia Bonaparte on the 4th of March 1821.
Waterford Treasures presents the 6th Series of Three Lunchtime talks by Dr Eugene Broderick.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Generous donation by Brendan Grogan to Waterford Treasures.
The Luker Chalice 1595.
Chinese New Year 2019 – The Year of the Pig.
Waterford Treasures Talks presents Fr. Mark Patrick Hederman Tuesday the 12th of February.
Lá Fhéile Bríde
FREE Entry to Waterford Treasures
Sitric the Viking at Holiday World Show 2019 in the RDS
Generous donation to Waterford Treasures from the MacNamara Family
The Leper Hospital and Church of St. Stephen, Waterford
Happy Nollaig na mBan!
Sadness expressed at death of former Mayor of Waterford, Cllr. Jack Walsh
A Happy & Peaceful Christmas to one and all!
Christmas Opening Hours
Viking Weights
The Penrose Shell Cabinet
Christmas Shop Night at the Medieval Museum.
The 1789 Penrose Wine Decanter on display in the Bishop’s Palace
Medieval Pilgrimage and Pilgrim Badges
The 7th Dr Niall Byrne Memorial Lecture presents Dr Eugene Broderick
Waterford Treasures Talks presents Dr. John McCafferty this coming Tuesday the 16th of October
Three lectures on the life and legacy of Thomas Francis Meagher
Waterford Treasures Talks 2018 – Presents the 5th Series of Lunchtime talks by Dr Eugene Broderick
Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to Ireland
Monastic Waterford: History, architecture and artefacts
Thomas ‘Bullocks’ Wyse
King of the Vikings – Awarded the 2018 Travellers’ Choice Award for Attractions in Ireland
Relic of the True Cross
Phone Lines will be down on Sat.15th from 12.00pm till 5.00pm
Mayor of Waterford Cllr Declan Doocey welcomes the newly crowned Rose of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher.
Waterford Treasures Talks – Ireland and the Commonwealth in the 1940s
Bishop’s Palace’s ‘Dragon Mirrors’.
2018 Waterford Rose Kirsten Mate Maher visits Waterford Treasures.
New information sign for the world’s longest Viking Sword – The Dragon Slayer Sword.
Waterford’s Medieval Statues – The Nursing Madonna
WIN A TWO NIGHT ACTION PACKED ADVENTURE WEEKEND IN WATERFORD
Happy Birthday, Thomas Francis Meagher – 3rd August, 1823
Lawrence Carew: from Waterford to Cadiz
John J Hearne
MV Seabourn Quest arrives in Waterford.
Relic of the True Cross
Happy 4th of July to all our American Friends!
What is Canada Day!
The Woodstown Viking Sword
M/S Oceania Nautica arrives in the Port of Waterford
The Wyse document 1375.
Public Epic Tours – Sunday 10th June – Cancelled
Waterford City Tours – Sightseeing Train
The 2018 annual conference of the Eighteenth Century Ireland Society
Waterford Treasures Talks – May 14th with Catriona Crowe.
Voci Choir performing at the Medieval Museum on Sunday the 13th May at 12.30pm.
Waterford Treasures Talks 8th May 2018 by His Excellency Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo
Catherine Foley launches her new book at the Medieval Museum
Celebrity Eclipse arrives at Dunmore East on Saturday the 28th of April
Waterford Treasures Talks – April 2018, presents Senator Ivana Bacik
Happy Easter 2018
Waterford Treasures Talks – March 2018 presents Gordon Power
***URGENT NOTICE*** Bad Weather Closure
Thomas Francis Meagher and The Tricolour Celebrations – 2nd/3rd & 4th of March -CANCELLED
Dr Eugene Broderick’s talk today is POSTPONED to Wed.7th March @ 1.15pm
Dr Eugene Broderick deliveres his fourth and final instalment on Éamon de Valera.
Lunchtime talks with Dr Eugene Broderick on Éamon de Valera
Ireland’s first International Viking Festival coming to Veðrafjǫrðr/Waterford
Waterford Treasures Talks – February 2018, Dr Michael Kennedy
Lunchtime Talks with Dr Eugene Broderick for February at the Medieval Museum
Waterford Treasures Talks 2018 – David J Douglas
Christmas and New Years opening times!
Waterford Treasures Talks introduces Dr. Marie Bourke
First Independent Irish Coins circulated in 1928.
Christmas Music at the Medieval Museum with the De La Salle Scout Pipe Band.
Worlds Longest Viking Sword finally arrives in Waterford’s Viking Triangle
Waterford Treasures Talks – November 2017 – Prof. Keith Busby
Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of Norway to Ireland recent visit!
Children’s Taking Over Day at the Museums
Children’s Take Over Day at the beautiful Georgian Bishop’s Palace, Waterford
Waterford Treasures Talks – Alan Cox of Core Media
Christmas Shop Night – Thursday the 9th of November – 5.00pm till 8.00pm
Dr. Eugene Broderick talks on ‘Independence – the first ten years: The Irish Free State 1922-1932’
Great, great, great, great, great grand daughter of Laetitia Bonaparte Wyse visits Bishop’s Palace
Culture Night at the award winning Medieval Museum – Fri. 22nd September
More exciting lunchtime talks with Dr. Eugene Broderick this October!
National Ploughing Championships – Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of Norway
Her Excellency Else Berit Eikeland, Ambassador of Norway to Ireland
Jim Ware, Captain of the 1948 Waterford All Ireland winning hurling team.
Shamrocks Hurling Club, Ferrybank
World’s biggest Viking Sword, soon to be unveiled!
Sitric’s birthday in the Viking House
Retail Excellence Ireland Top 100 Stores – Medieval Museum
SS Conninbeg
The King of the Vikings is reviewed by The Lonely Plant Guide
Happy 4th July!
Siting of the bust of John J Hearne, Author of the 1937 Constitution at Waterford Treasures
Waterford Treasures – International Conference on ‘The Irish Constitution 1937-2017’
The King of the Vikings has arrived!
Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania visits the Medieval Museum
TJ’s last day at the office!
King of the Vikings ‘New’ Micro site has just gone ‘Live’!
Friends of the Museum Annual Trip 2017
Cleaning in progress at the Medieval Museum.
Welcome to the MS Serenissima.
Epic Tour of the Viking Triangle – Guided Walking Tour!
Feast of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
Waterford Treasures was voted one of the best museum’s for kids in Europe!
‘King of the Vikings’
Easter Monday Opening Hours
King of the Vikings – Opening Soon!
An evening talk with Dr. Eugene Brodrick – The Proclamation of 1916: ‘the title deed of the nation’
King of the Vikings has arrived!
Waterford Treasures Lunchtime Talks with Dr. Eugene Brodrick
Dr. Eugene Broderick has agreed to give three more exciting lunchtime talks!
1848 Tricolour Celebrations – FREE Event
Happy Saint Valentines Day!
*** NEWSFLASH *** ‘Free’ Entry extended to include Sunday’s for February!
‘FREE’ entry to the Medieval Museum & the Bishop’s Palace
Burton Buildings Waterford
Christmas Trading Hours at Waterford Treasures
Raconteur Des Griffin at the Bishop’s Palace Café
Georgian Bishops Palace
Waterford’s Fr Luke Wadding
Classical guitar with Daniel Tobin at the Bishop’s Palace Café
Launch of the Local Authority Museums Network Strategy 2016 — 2019
The SS Formby
Award Winning Medieval Museum, a ‘must see’ in Ireland for visitors
The Annual James White Memorial Lecture
Lieutenant Robert Newport Dobbyn
Untimely death of Billy McCarthy of WLR FM
President of Ireland/Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins is descended from Vikings!
‘The Great Place’ award from The Academy of Urbanism, London
Ireland’s Ancient East Viking Workshop, Dooley’s Hotel, Waterford
The 5th Dr. Niall Byrne Memorial Lecture.
2016 Winterval launched at the award winning Medieval Museum.
Waterford Treasures Talks 2016 – 5th Dr. Niall Byrne Memorial Lecture.
Friends of Waterford Treasures – Annual Garden Party 2016
Waterford Treasures Talks 2016 – Dr. Anthony Keating
Reconnect with your heritage this Heritage Week – “Stories in Stone”
Follow the ‘Vikings’!
Goodbye to Pat, a friend and colleague
Pokémon Go arrives at Waterford Treasures.
Letitia Bonaparte Wyse’s elegant pianoforte is back home!
International Napoleon Conference Delegates
Waterford Treasures Talks 2016 – Dr. Andy Halpin
‘Mayors through the Ages, Eight Centuries of Civic Government in Ireland’
Waterford Commemoration 2016 Committee & Waterford Treasures Museums 1916 Book Launch
Waterford Treasures welcomes the Hyttetu Male Choir, Kvitsø
Music at the Museum featuring Dulcet Soprano Trio
Culture Trip Feature
Waterford Treasures Talks – Thursday 12th May 2016
Music at the Museum featuring Newtown Secondary School
Waterford’s Viking Triangle initiative has been shortlisted for the Urbanism Awards 2017
Waterford Treasures Friends of the Museum Annual Trip 2016
Evine TV brocasts live from Waterford Treasures
Music at the Museum featuring Waterford Male Voice Choir
Waterford Treasures Talks with Julian Walton
Launch of the new exhibition, ‘Other Voices: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives’
The best museum quarter outside of Dublin, says Pól Ó Conghaile!
Commemorating the 1916 Rising in Waterford
Music at the Museum featuring High Hopes Choir
Waterford Treasures Lunchtime Talks 2016 – ‘Three Lunchtime talks on the theme of 1916’.
Waterford Treasures Talks – March 2016 – James Eogan.
Dr.Michael Byrne launches new book on the Asquith Government.
Gay Byrne visits the beautiful Georgian Bishop’s Palace.
The Irish Museums Association Annual Conference 2016.
Kelly & Dollard and Euronics Ireland support Waterford Treasures.
NBC TV visit Waterford Treasures for St. Patrick’s Day.
BBC’s documentary, ‘Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered’ features Waterford Treasures.
Sean Egan creates tribute to fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer.
Virtual World of Waterford Treasures – Three Museums in the Viking Triangle
Waterford Treasures Talks – John Sheehan, ‘Politics and Silver: Viking Age Waterford’
Music at the Museum featuring Dúnaill Folk Group
Waterford Treasures Talks – Dr Jacqueline Morrissey
250 Year old manuscripts arrive at the Bishop’s Palace
Waterford Treasures Talks 2016
Happy New Year!
Happy Christmas to you and your family!
Great News for Waterford Treasures with a substantial investment of €145k from Fáilte Ireland.
Waterford Treasures – Annual Christmas Party Invite for the Friends of the Museum.
Oculus Rift ‘Fee Demo’
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta
Waterford Youth Arts launch DVD about Waterford
Penguins at the Palace!
Desmond Murray presenting Paints, Prints & Sketches to Waterford Treasures.
Worcester District Scouts Video of Waterford Treasures visit.
Music at the Museum featuring Luka Bloom
Exhibition to commemorate the 1916 Rising – Would you like to help?
Designing Ireland on RTE One
Friends of Waterford Treasures 2016 Tour
Bonhams presents the Antique Roadshow.
The Unveiling of the Lord Roberts Bust
Waterford Treasures Talks – The 4th Dr. Niall Byrne Memorial Lecture
Music at the Museum with Elva MacGowan
Footage of presentation of the Lord Roberts bust.
Waterford Treasures Talks – His Excellency the Papal Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Charles Brown
The youngest and oldest soldiers to die in World War I – Waterford Treasures opens a new exhibition
Mayor of the Waterford Metropolitan District Cllr Eamon Quinlan accepts the painting of the ‘Melina’
Exquisite Bud Vase decorated with the Waterford City Coat of Arms donated to Waterford Treasures
Waterford Treasures Talks 2015 – Professor Louise Richardson
Jim Butler visits the Bishop’s Palace and see’s his workmanship!
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost traffic jam at the Medieval Museum
Final ‘Art on the Railings’ for 2015
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost cars arrive at Waterford Treasures.
Music at the Museum
Officer Commanding 1st Batt. 69th Infantry New York, ‘The Fighting 69th’ visits Waterford Treasures.
Waterford Treasures team up with World Wide Wines and Liberty Wines for the Harvest Festival 2015
The ship ‘Melina’ has now docked!
History of Waterford City Walls brought to life!
Naval Reserve help with Viking Longboat.
Passing of our good friend Colm Long.
Barbara Feeney of Newstalk visits Waterford Treasures.
Design Ireland 2015 Inclusion
Music at the Museum – Sunday 12th July.
Another remarkable treasure for Waterford Treasures – Three Museums in the Viking Triangle
Offical launch of the Medieval Festival in the Viking Triangle.
Waterford Medieval Festival
Medieval Archery comes to the award winning Medieval Museum
Waterford Treasures Talks 2015 – Dr John Gilmartin
Visit by Tourism Ireland’s Central Marketing Department
Music at the Museum
Refract will present the work of twenty glass designers at the Medieval Museum.
Waterford Treasures Talks – Dr Fiona Healy
Georgian two-handled cup made by Ignatius Fleming I of Waterford.
Waterford Treasures Talks 2015 – Dr. Fiona Healy
Private John Condon of Waterford
‘Age of Vikings in Latvia’
Bishop of Waterford & Lismore visits Waterford Treasures
Friends of Waterford Treasures visit France!
May Bank Holiday Weekend.
Open Night – Great Success
Looking for something interesting to do this Easter Bank Holiday weekend?
Great Charter Roll
Medieval Museum goes ‘Green’ for St. Patrick’s Day.
Bishop’s Palace goes ‘Green’ for St. Patricks Day.
Mount Congreve Gardens Re-Opens
Banner of Thomas Francis Meagher Band
Waterford Treasures Talks – March 2015
18th century Rocking Horse gallops into the Bishop’s Palace
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2015
New Apps for Android Smartphones available on Google Play
Mermaid Stone
Waterford Treasures Talks 2015
Rose of Tralee
Waterford Treasures Christmas and New Year’s Opening details
Bite Size Culture Talks – The sinking of SS Formby & the SS Coningbeg.
Latest acquisition.
His Excellency Most Rev Charles Brown, Papal Nuncio visits the award winning Medieval Museum
Another Award for the Medieval Museum
Dr Eugene Broderick donates an actual ‘Blueshirt’ to Waterford Treasures
Bite Size Culture Talks – The Blueshirts
Bite Size Culture Talks – John Edward Redmond
Waterford Treasures Waterford 1100 Monthly Talks – Jim Nolan
Bite Size Culture Talks – Henry Denny & Sons
Bite Size Culture Talks – AH Poole & Mrs Poole
Waterford Treasures Waterford 1100 Monthly Talks – Chief Justice Susan Denham
Bite Size Culture Talks – Ballybricken Jail and the Jail Wall Disaster
Bite Size Culture Talks – William Vincent Wallace
Georgian Weekend and Antiques Roadshow
Music at the Museum
Bite Size Culture Talks – The Malcomson Family
Bite Size Culture Talks – ‘The Sprig of Green’ – Thomas Francis Meagher and the Irish Brigade
Bite Size Culture Talks – The Penrose Decanter & Waterford Glass
Bite Size Culture Talks – Popular Piety in 19th century Ireland
Waterford Treasures Waterford 1100 Monthly Talks – Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh
Bite Size Culture Talks – Sir Thomas Wyse, (1791-1862).
William III Dog Nose Three Pronged Forks
Culture Night – Friday 19th September 2014
Bite Size Culture Talks – Thomas Roberts – Painter
Polish Medieval Jewellery
Music at the Museum
Waterford Treasures with World Wide Wines at Harvest Festival 2014
Waterford Treasures & World Wide Wines
Bite Size Culture Talks – Thomas Meagher Snr.
Bite Size Culture Talks – Daniel O’Connell
Bite Size Culture Talks – Waterford’s 18th Century Silver
Waterford Treasures Museums and Waterford letters from the Great War
Heritage Week at Waterford Treasures
Bite Size Culture Talks – Xavaria Wiseman nee Strange
Brian Boru Crown on view for short period in Waterford Treasures
Capacity audience at Waterford 1100 Talk – Roy Foster
Exhibition on the Roberts Family – Architects, Artists and Armymen – now open
Spraoi 2014
Bite Size Culture – 18th Century Catholic Church Silver
Treasures of Medieval Poland
Waterford Treasures Waterford 1100 Monthly Talks – Professor Roy Foster
Dave Pollock’s book launch at the Bishop’s Palace.
Bite Size Culture Talks – Bishop Este of the Bishop’s Palace
Bite Size Culture Talks – 1736 Van Der Hagen Oil Painting of Waterford City.
Bite Size Culture Talks – Thomas ‘Bullocks’ Wyse & Family
Prize Winners
Chinese Ambassador’s Visit
Bite Size Culture Talks – King William III & James II
Museum Standards Programme Ireland Awards Ceremony
RIAI Irish Architecture Awards – Breaking News
Architects, Artists and Armymen – Roberts Exhibition
Polish Medieval Jewellery
Bite Size Culture Talks – The Keating Chalice and Vestments
Waterford Treasures Waterford 1100 Monthly Talks – Robert Fisk
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