Museum · Temple Bar · Dublin

Chester Beatty

Chester Beatty is a library and museum. Its location is inside Temple Bar’s neighbourhood. It is looked after by the Office of Public Works.

Photo: Chester Beatty, Aligatorek (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Temple Bar

inside the neighbourhood

Run by

Office of Public Works

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 1%

#14 of 1,783 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Temple Bar

One of the best-known places to visit in Ireland

#14 of the 1,783 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered. About ↓

Inside Temple Bar

Chester Beatty is inside Temple Bar’s neighbourhood. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the Office of Public Works

One of the places the Office of Public Works looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Written from Fáilte Ireland’s open data, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and the CSO’s 2022 town outlines, with Met Éireann’s 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Picking your season

June to September are the warmest in Temple Bar, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C.

Jan9° / 3°62 mm

Feb9° / 3°52 mm

Mar11° / 4°52 mm

Apr13° / 6°51 mm

May16° / 8°55 mm

Jun18° / 11°63 mm

Jul20° / 13°59 mm

Aug20° / 12°67 mm

Sep18° / 11°62 mm

Oct14° / 8°76 mm

Nov11° / 5°84 mm

Dec9° / 3°72 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Temple Bar, and rain in a month. Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages for Temple Bar (Copyright Met Éireann, CC BY 4.0). Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Temple Bar’s full climate →

About

Chester Beatty

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 26 languages. Around it, Dublin Castle (100 m) comes first on our list.

Chester Beatty on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Run by: Office of Public Works
Wikipedias: Covered in 26 languages
Town: in Temple Bar
Official site: chesterbeatty.ie

Facts: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

AddressDublin Castle, Dublin, D02 AD92

HoursMon–Fri 10:00–17:00 · Sat 11:00–17:00 · Sun 13:00–17:00

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Address and hours: Fáilte Ireland’s open data and OpenStreetMap contributors. Hours change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Chester Beatty on the map

Orange is Chester Beatty; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Chester Beatty

The biggest base of the 8 is Stoneybatter (18,644 people). Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Temple Bar

7,276 people · 157 places to visit

2 · 200 m south of it

Christchurch

6,778 people · 157 places to visit

3 · 300 m southwest of it

The Liberties

18,460 people · 157 places to visit

4 · 400 m north of it

O'Connell Street

6,749 people · 156 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Chester Beatty is	People	Places to visit
Temple Bar	It’s in town	7,276	157
Christchurch	200 m south of it	6,778	157
The Liberties	300 m southwest of it	18,460	157
O'Connell Street	400 m north of it	6,749	156
Phibsborough	400 m north of it	11,657	156
St Stephen's Green	500 m east of it	5,319	156
Portobello	600 m south of it	5,732	157
Stoneybatter	700 m northwest of it	18,644	158

Make a day of it

Next door to Chester Beatty

Also within 15 km are 4 museums, a castle and a cathedral.

1CastleCastle · Office of Public WorksDublin Castle100 m away 2

CathedralChrist Church Cathedral300 m away 3

MuseumDublinia300 m away 4

Art galleryProject Arts Centre300 m away 5MuseumMuseumGarda Museum200 m away 6MuseumMuseumIrish Film Archive300 m away 7MuseumMuseum · Office of Public WorksRevenue Museum100 m away 8Historic houseHistoric houseDublin City Hall200 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Chester Beatty

Where is Chester Beatty?

Chester Beatty is in Temple Bar, Dublin, inside the town’s neighbourhood.

What is Chester Beatty?

Library and museum in Dublin, Ireland.

Who runs Chester Beatty?

Office of Public Works.

How well known is Chester Beatty?

Chester Beatty has 26 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #14 of the 1,783 Irish places we list.

When is the best time to visit Chester Beatty?

June to September are the warmest months in Temple Bar, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Chester Beatty?

Within 15 km: Dublin Castle (100 m), Christ Church Cathedral (300 m), Dublinia (300 m) and Project Arts Centre (300 m).

Sources: Fáilte Ireland open data (CC BY 4.0), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), CSO 2022 town outlines (CC BY 4.0), Met Éireann 1991–2020 averages (CC BY 4.0).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

Chester Beatty: Aligatorek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Christ Church Cathedral: Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dublinia: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Project Arts Centre: Smirkybec, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).