









Dead Zoo Lab, National Museum of Ireland
Smithfield
Wander through a Victorian time capsule packed with 10,000 taxidermied creatures, from Irish elk to glass sea creatures. The Dead Zoo is gloriously old-school: no screens, no interactive displays, just cabinets of curiosities frozen in time.
Free admission
10,000+ taxidermied animals
Historic Victorian building
Extinct species exhibits
Tips
🦌small but impressive collection
🐺see the extinct Tasmanian wolf
☔perfect rainy day refuge
Dead Zoo Lab, National Museum of Ireland
SmithfieldOpens Saturday at 10:00 AM










Wander through a Victorian time capsule packed with 10,000 taxidermied creatures, from Irish elk to glass sea creatures. The Dead Zoo is gloriously old-school: no screens, no interactive displays, just cabinets of curiosities frozen in time.
Free admission
10,000+ taxidermied animals
Historic Victorian building
Extinct species exhibits
Tips
🦌small but impressive collection
🐺see the extinct Tasmanian wolf
☔perfect rainy day refuge