Number Twenty Nine is Dublin's Georgian House Museum. Visitors take a guided tour from the basement to the attic, through rooms which have been furnished with original artefacts as they would have been in the years 1790 to 1820. The tour starts in the kitchen area which would have been a hive of activity when the house was lived in.The tour continues in the spacious and elegant dining room and the ornate front and back drawing rooms on the first floor, the most public rooms in the house, where all the finery the occupants could afford was on show. Visitors then proceed to the more modest private quarters and conclude their tour in the attic of Number Twenty Nine, once home to the governess and the children of the family. Number Twenty Nine Lower Fitzwilliam St. was first occupied in 1794, during a time of great change and expansion in Ireland's capital. The first occupant was Mrs Olivia Beatty, the widow of a prominent Dublin wine merchant. Visiting the exhibition gives young and old alike a chance to experience what life was like for the fortunate who lived in such elegant townhouses, and the less fortunate who worked in them. The museum is presented by the Electricity Supply Board with the National Museum of Ireland.
Christmas Closure in Number Twenty Nine
Dublin’s Georgian House Museum, Number Twenty Nine, will be closed to the public from Monday 4th December 2006 to facilitate essential structural work and annual conservation. The museum will re-open on Saturday 6th January 2007. We apologise for any inconvenience that this might cause. We would like to take this opportunity to wish all visitors a happy Christmas and New Year. We look forward to seeing you in 2007.
For more information please contact us at 01 7026165 or numbertwentynine@esb.ie, or see www.esb.ie/numbertwentynine
