The Garda Museum at Dublin Castle

Sorry, The Garda Museum is  Closed

In order to finalise preparations for Ireland’s hosting of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Dublin Castle campus closed to the public for Monday 15 June 2026. For the six-month duration of the Presidency, the Dublin Castle campus will be closed the public in its entirety, this includes The Garda Museum. 

We look forward to welcoming visitors back to The Garda Museum in January 2027.

The Garda museum is located at the Treasury Building, Dublin Castle

The Garda Museum and Archives are located at Treasury Building, Dublin Castle. Here visitors will find an interesting exhibition about the history of An Garda Síochána and information on policing in Ireland before 1922. Persons carrying out police related research can be facilitated at the Museum and Archives. Among the museum artefacts are photographs and documents outlining the history and development of policing in Ireland in the 19th/20th centuries. The museum library contains a number of very interesting police-related publications.

Statutory obligations regarding records management are a priority issue for the Garda Archivist. Garda archives are held at the Garda National Repository.

Photographs taken at the museum are available here. 

There are a large collection of archived photographs available by clicking here.