museums

1750s – Musee de Fort, Quebec City, Quebec

Quaint little early 18th century building facing towards the Chateau Frontenac,

1769 – Hunt Museum (former Custom House), Limerick

Architect: Davis Ducart

The Custom House was designed by Italian architect Daviso de Arcort better known as Davis Ducart.

1820 – Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle

Architect: Francis Johnston

The Clock Tower, Dublin Castle, appeared on Roque’s map of Dublin,

1823-53, British Museum, London

Architect: Sir Robert Smirke / Foster + Partners

The core of today’s British Museum,

1828 – Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany

Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel

A monumental collonade of Ionic columns creates the facade of this prominent museum that was built opposite the king’s palace.

1834 – County Museum, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: William Murray

Now housing the County Museum, this small pedimented building with twin entrances on either side was originally built as a small meeting house.

1850 – Museu da Marinha, Lisbon

Part of the Jerónimos Monastery complex which was rebuilt and partly restored at the end of the 19th century in the Neo Manueline style

1856 – Design for Capitals, Museum, Trinity College, Dublin

From The Building News, March 29 1856: “Some mention has been made in our pages recently of the capitals arranged and sculptured by the workmen for the new museum at Trinity College,

1857 – Trinity College Museum, Dublin

Architect: Deane & Woodward

The winning design of a competition to design a museum and lecture hall complex for Trinity in 1852,

1860 – Oxford University Museum, Oxfordshire