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As well as being thoroughly enjoyable, It has something to offer for everyone and could be the perfect destination for a school tour or a family day out. Parents, please note: No buggies are allowed inside the exhibition hall. They have a small buggy bay available in the lobby but this does get busy, so there are no guarantees of a place there.

Revolution is a self-guided exhibition, it includes a short documentary and two levels of exhibits. You walk around at your own pace, it should take approximately an hour but you can stay longer if you wish. The venue welcomes a continuously changing array of temporary exhibitions exploring themes in popular science, art and history. The Titanic Experience Cobh has been designed to be educational, engaging and informative and the tour is tailored to suit all the family and ages group that visit.

Times: am to pm. Venue: The Ambassador Theatre. The Rising, as the founding myth of the State, carries all the burdens that come along with that. Historians can explore new readings or perspectives, and some of those will make their way into the mainstream.

Straddling the divide between historical inquiry and public spectacle are the exhibitions and installations that seek to make the Rising meaningful and explicable both to Irish people and to international visitors. The visitors seem to be split evenly between locals and tourists. The exhibition has, as you would expect of the National Museum, the most comprehensive collection of artefacts, everything from weapons to uniforms, handwritten messages to first-aid supplies. PCs are available for visitors to explore in more detail, but space is a little cramped, some elements are too text heavy and the dull lighting does none of the displays any great favour.

Weaponry and military regalia are reverently displayed like religious relics in glass cases. The guns — most of them near-obsolete even at the time — do offer some heightened sense of tangible connection to the real violence of the particular moment. Other attempts to provide context are less successful: a single Orange sash hardly conveys the political divisions of the day. Arms feature even more prominently in Revolution , at the Ambassador Theatre, on Parnell Square.

The rattle of machine guns and the boom of shellfire provide the audio backdrop for the exhibition, which takes a decidedly less nuanced or historically objective view of To be fair, this is on a different scale. A permanent interpretive centre in receipt of several million euro from the State, in association with An Post , it finally redresses the glaring absence of an appropriate memorial to the Rising at its central location.

Touch-screen panels allow you to explore strands of the narrative through interactive graphics, which bring home, for example, how civilian casualties escalated over the course of the week. And the refurbishment of the building and its inner courtyard allows Dubliners for the first time into the mysterious innards of the GPO proper.

Historians looking back in 20 or 50 years will probably note these commemorations as the time when the role of women in the Rising was finally acknowledged. But there are striking absences, too. The fact that the Rising was an inspiration for anti-colonial movements across the world gets short shrift.

Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday 2 - 5pm; closed Mondays, including bank holidays. Entry free; museum. Entry is free, so it wins hands down on price. For the broadest educational overview of the Rising in all its facets and contexts, this is also the best offering.

The presentation and staging of the exhibition are a bit dull, and the lighting leaves something to be desired. The museum recommends visiting on weekday afternoons and to avoid school holidays. Visitors may be asked to wait a short time before they can enter the exhibition. Daily, 10am-6pm. At times a bit homespun, this exhibition is well staffed, with friendly guides to offer directions.

Things get more random with the inclusion of a car used to drive Michael Collins in the aftermath of the Treaty. The final exhibit, commemorating republicans who died on hunger strike in the s, is part nonsequitur, part hagiography.

Daily, 9am Other discounts available. Booking advised; gpowitnesshistory. Unlike the other shows, this is a permanent installation — and one of the most significant State investments of this centenary year. A substantial part of the historic building has been opened to public access for the first time, which is interesting enough in itself.

The interactive elements and historic artefacts are well woven together and, for visitors unfamiliar with Irish history, this offers the clearest narrative of the context of the Rising. An impressive audiovisual presentation mixes CGI and dramatisation impressively to tell the story of the rebellion. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription. Hugh Linehan. Photograph: Paul Sherwood.