Number Twenty Nine: Georgian House Museum, Georgian house museum in Dublin, Ireland
Number Twenty Nine is a four-story townhouse in Dublin that displays authentic household furnishings and domestic life from the 18th and 19th centuries. From the servant kitchen in the basement to the nursery in the attic, each level shows the furniture and objects that people actually used in their daily lives.
The house was built in 1794 during Dublin's peak as a major European capital in the late 18th century. Its architecture and furnishings reflect a time when the city stood at the height of its cultural and economic importance.
The rooms reveal the class divisions of the era through their placement: servants occupied the basement quarters while the family lived in refined spaces above. This vertical separation was standard practice for wealthy households of the period and shows how people actually lived according to their social standing.
Visitors can explore the house independently or join guided tours that explain the different rooms and their purposes. The staircase connects all the floors, making it easy to move between the different areas of daily life.
The master bedroom holds an early 19th-century exercise machine, showing how people sought to improve their health through fitness long ago. This uncommon piece reveals that fitness concerns go back much further than most visitors might expect.
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