14 Henrietta Street, Social history museum in North Dublin, Ireland
14 Henrietta Street is a Georgian townhouse from the 18th century that documents three centuries of Dublin residential change. Its rooms are furnished and decorated to show different periods in time, from a wealthy family home to a crowded tenement housing poor residents.
The house was built in 1720 as an elegant residence for wealthy families and represented Georgian style and status. By the 1800s the city changed and the building was divided into affordable rental rooms for working families and poor residents.
The place tells stories of real people who lived here and shows how life in Dublin changed over the centuries. You see personal accounts of families from different backgrounds who made their home in the house and shaped the city.
You can only visit the building as part of a guided tour that takes about 90 minutes and must be booked ahead of time. Plan in advance since spaces are limited and tours fill up quickly.
The house preserves the actual room divisions and furnishings from two completely different time periods within its spaces. You can literally move from one room to the next and see how daily life changed fundamentally for people.
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