April Fools' Day Hands-on History: Fact or Fiction?

  • Family friendly
  • Free to visit

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Event times:

11:00 - 12:30

Event location:

Collins Barracks

Event price:

€0.00

About this event

This April Fools' Day, see if you can separate fact from fiction in a special handling session at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks.

Join Museum Educators for a special handling session and see if you can tell the fact from the fib. Keep your wits about you as we try to fool you with tall tales about some of our more mysterious handling objects.

Handling sessions can be expected to take between 5-15 minutes.

Wednesday, 1 April, 11:00 - 12:30

Collins Barracks Reception.

Children must be supervised at all times.

Readers are advised to check with the venue before relying on the details published here.

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