Dublin, Ireland
Chester Beatty Library
The Chester Beatty Library, now known as the Chester Beatty, is a museum and library in the grounds of Dublin Castle, Ireland. It was established in 1953 at 20 Shewsbury Road, Dublin 4, to house the collections of mining magnate, Sir Alfred Chester Beatty. The present museum opened on 7 February 2000, the 125th anniversary of Beatty's birth and was named European Museum of the Year in 2002.
- City
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Dublin
- Trinity College Dublin
- Guinness Storehouse
- Cliffs of Moher
- Dublin Castle
- Ha'penny Bridge
- National Library of Ireland
Background: Wikipedia