Customs House, Limerick
The Hunt Museum houses a diverse collection of antiquities and fine and decorative art, collected by John and Gertrude Hunt. There are artefacts from Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Olmec civilisation. Also an important collection of Irish archaeological material from Neolithic, Bronze Age and later Christian periods. Medieval material includes statues in stone and wood, painted panels, jewellery, enamels, ivories, ceramics, crystal and crucifixes. 18th and 19th century decorative arts are also represented with fine examples of silver, glass and ceramics. Artists' works in the collection include Pablo Picasso, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Roderic O’Conor, Jack B. Yeats, Robert Fagan and Henry Moore.
| Category: | Art |
| Address: | Customs House Rutland Street, Limerick, Ireland |
| Telephone: | +353 (0) 61 312833 |
| Fax: | +353 (0) 61 312834 |
| Email: | info@huntmuseum.com |
| Website: | http://www.huntmuseum.com |
| Opening Times: | Mon-Sat 10:00-17:00, Sun 14:00-17:00, Closed New Year's Day (Jan 1), Good Friday, Christmas Day (Dec 25), St. Stephen's Day (Dec 26). Admission charge |