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National Wax Museum Plus
Category: Arts & Entertainment Museums Museums [Edit]
The Armoury4 Foster Place, Temple Bar
Dublin 2
(01) 6718373
- Hours:
Mon-Sun 10:00 - 19:00
- Good for Children:
- Yes
7 reviews for National Wax Museum Plus
7 reviews in English
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Review from Stephen c.
Dublin
11/4/2011
The wax museum looks great from the outside. The staff are friendly and helpful as I went to submit a 3D model in hopes to land a job there.
I was then given a free look in one of the rooms where they had different displays and props of U2, The Beatles, Micheal Jackson and Batman and other wax models.
However I deduce marks as my 3D model was refused and they would not give me a free tour of the full museum, ah well. -
Review from Amber L.
5/4/2011
Really people? 2 stars, 3 stars? Are you just so uptight you couldn't have a little fun? Guess what.....you're in Dublin-RELAX!!!
The Wax Museum was a blast! Yes the wax pieces weren't perfection, but I've been to the Ripley's Believe It Or Not museums and this was the same level of quality.
It's not about how good or bad the statues are, it's about the presentation and the story. The fact that this museum leads you through pieces of Irish history is enough reason to see it.
The kid's room is fun (Simpsons, Sponge Bob, A Leprechaun, Batman!) and the little random "Horror" wing is something you just have to see! What a sense of humor the people creating these works must have.
The floating random popes made me laugh and the Jack and the Beanstalk piece was fantastic. This was absolutely worth the time (an hour or so) and the cost (we got 10% off).
When traveling abroad you really need to just let go and have some fun and a well made Wax Museum is just the ticket. -
Review from Nick M.
20/9/2010 3 photos
Why?! Well why not, I swear SOME people don't know how to relax and have a little fun. I'm on vacation with a lot of time on my hands, plus my inner child was screaming to go play with some wax characters... so off we went. Of course if I lived here, I probably wouldn't even go near the place.
So after it was all said and done, I can say that some of the wax people looked really bad, (hell, Wisconsin has better ones) and some were very cool. The best part was running around in that building that is built like a maze, taking some goofy pics, and learning a little ( and I do mean very little) Irish history. Also, there was a green screen in the kiddy area, where you jam like a rock star. Actually the whole place is more for kids then adults.
The staff is cool and pretty much let you run wild. It's only 10 euro and a good way to kill some time.
*** You know when you're in a really good Wax Museum when you get this feeling like Vincent Price might jump out to get you. Sadly I did not get that here.Listed in: Travel -IRELAND
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Review from Myhang H.
4/1/2011 3 photos
I said in my National Gallery of Ireland review that anything with the word National in front is free. This one is not! I need to revise my old review!
Not your Madame Tussaud's wax museum with actors and other famous stars, it's more of a haunted house/children exhibit/famous Irish people exhibit. Without the Dublin pass, its 10 euro per adult. I would go only if you have the Dublin pass.
Free with the Dublin pass. -
Review from Matt E.
15/2/2011
Lame. I was relieved that admission was included with our Dublin Pass. I however will never get the 20 minutes of my lifetime back that I wasted in this sideshow.
The wax models are hit or miss. Some are very good, some are very bad. The scenes seem stuffed randomly in to the nooks and crannies of the building itself. They've stuffed the two last Popes on a window sill in a staircase? Where's the reverence?
Rooms are cramped and awkwardly intimate with even few guests.
I found the old vaults down here of the Bank of Ireland more enthralling than the entertainment I paid to see. Some of the literary giants of Dublin embodied in paraffin was somewhat amusing.
Might be good if you are traveling with wee-ones (stay out of the basement to avoid the blood and guts) but I as an adult I would not waste time in here and focus on the much more poignant and significant sites that Dublin has to offer. -
Review from Bridget R.
Updated - 5/1/2010 3 photos
Ok, ok... maybe I was bit harsh before.
I know, I didn't expect to read that either... but much like the Grinch, whose heart grew three times its size at Christmas, I've had an epiphany.
Having visited and viewed the display with the eyes of an adult, I rated the museum at that level.
However, there's a good chance few 8 year olds could tell you who Ian Paisley is, or judge the accuracy of a James Joyce wax portrait. This place is really a kids paradise offering interactive displays, sound effects and the chance to leap around the place unabated for a few hours while adults trail behind.
On my way out a staff member pointed out the hours, then asked if I'd be back soon. Once he heard there might be a gang of kids on the way, a stack of coupons materialised to help with the price of admission. So the moral of my update here is that there's an audience for every venue, and The National Wax Museum plays directly to theirs.Listed in: When It Rains
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Review from Andy P.
23/10/2009
Relatively low quality wax museum. If it did not have so much real Irish history that it teaches as you go through I would give it a one. BUT - it does give you a real quick lesson in Irish history from the earliest of times through the independence movement and right up to today. That's worth the price of admission since far too many tourists just show up and have no knowledge or interest in the country they are visiting. There is, after all, more to Ireland than Guiness and Jameson and black and white puddings, fine as they may be.
