Museum Luas stop
Luas Red Line · Ard-Mhúsaem
About Museum
Between Croppies’ Acre, a small memorial park, and the National Museum of Ireland’s Decorative Arts and History collection at Collins Barracks, this stop opened with the Red Line in 2004 and borrows the museum’s name — Ard-Mhúsaem in Irish. It has two edge platforms and also serves Arbour Hill.
It is the last stop on the north bank: leaving here towards Tallaght and Saggart, trams turn and cross the Liffey on the Seán Heuston Bridge before calling at Heuston, while in the other direction they run east through the city-centre streets. That makes Museum a useful landmark for anyone trying to work out which side of the river they are on. Be careful, though, if you are heading for the main line: the walk from here to Dublin Heuston is around 480 m, while the Heuston tram stop is at the door, so it is worth staying on for one more stop.
First and last trams from Museum
Departures from this stop in the NTA’s published timetable for a representative week. A day type with no departures is shown as no service rather than filled in from another day.
From Museum: Red Line towards Tallaght, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (317 departures on a weekday) and Red Line towards The Point, about one tram every 3 minutes at the busiest times (317 departures on a weekday).
Next stops from Museum
Running times to the adjoining stops, from the operators’ own timetables.
| Line | Next stop | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Red Line | Heuston | 1.6 min |
| Red Line | Smithfield | 2.9 min |
Connections and interchange
- Dublin Heuston — about 12 minutes on foot (our estimate, 480 m in a straight line). It is a separate station, not another platform here.
Our estimate from the straight-line distance of 480 m, not a measured walking route.
Facilities
luas.ie publishes no facility list for individual Luas stops, so the only stop-level facts here are the Park & Ride and Cycle & Ride flags from the operator’s own stop data. Absence of a row is not evidence that something is missing.
What is near Museum
The museums dominate. The Decorative Arts and History building of the National Museum of Ireland is about 130 m from the platforms, within the Collins Barracks complex that lies between 90 m and 240 m away, and the sailing vessel Asgard and the old Riding School are displayed there, about 130 m off. The Anna Livia sculpture stands roughly 240 m away and the Law Society of Ireland 250 m. Three Liffey bridges are in sight: Rory O’More Bridge at about 220 m, Frank Sherwin Bridge at 280 m and Seán Heuston Bridge at 340 m.
| Place | Straight-line distance from the stop |
|---|---|
| National Museum of Ireland (Decorative Arts & History) | 130 m |
| Rory O'More Bridge | 220 m |
| Anna Livia | 240 m |
| Law Society of Ireland | 250 m |
| Frank Sherwin Bridge | 280 m |
| James Joyce Bridge | 300 m |
| James Joyce House | 310 m |
| The Liliput Press | 330 m |
Named places from OpenStreetMap within 400 m of the stop. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route.
Frequently asked questions
The National Museum of Ireland’s Decorative Arts and History collection, housed in Collins Barracks about 130 m from the platforms. The stop stands between the museum and Croppies’ Acre, a small memorial park on the river side of the line.
Not really. It is about 480 m from Dublin Heuston, roughly a twelve-minute walk, because the tram has still to cross the river. Staying on one more stop to Heuston leaves you at the front of the building.