The National Wax Museum Plus

Located in the heart of Dublin’s Temple Bar district, The National Wax Museum Plus offers an immersive experience with lifelike wax figures of Irish and international personalities. Spanning three floors, the museum features themed areas such as the Writer’s Room, Chamber of Horrors, Hall of Irish Legends, and a Mirror Maze. Visitors can engage with interactive exhibits, including a Green Screen video room and a recording studio, making it a family-friendly attraction suitable for all ages.

Planning your visit

The National Wax Museum Plus in Temple Bar is a family attraction rather than a serious museum, and it works on that basis. Three floors hold wax figures of Irish and international figures across themed areas: the Writers' Room with Joyce, Wilde, Beckett and Yeats, the Hall of Irish Legends covering mythology and history, a Chamber of Horrors, a children's fantasy area, and a mirror maze.

The interactive elements are what distinguish it from a straight waxwork collection — a green-screen video room, a recording studio where visitors can produce a track, and science and discovery sections aimed at younger children.

The Irish writers section is the one adults tend to enjoy, and the literary heritage it gestures at is genuine even if the treatment is light.

It sits in the middle of Temple Bar, which makes it easy to reach and means it functions well as a wet-afternoon option in a city that supplies plenty of those.

Bookable options include entrance tickets and murder mystery events staged at the museum in the evening, which are a different proposition — group-oriented, interactive, and aimed at adults. Current availability is listed below.