Museums and Exhibitions in Co. Waterford
3 places
1.Waterford Treasures: King Of The Vikings
the world's first Viking VR experience
The world's first Viking virtual reality experience, staged inside a hand-built replica Viking house among the ruins of a 13th-century Franciscan friary in Ireland's oldest city.
- Highlights
- World's first Viking virtual reality experience
- 40-minute guided adventure in a replica Viking house
- Costumed Viking re-enactors set the scene
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
2.Waterford Suir Valley Railway
Ride Ireland's longest narrow-gauge railway
Ireland's longest narrow-gauge railway, running 10km of the old Waterford–Dungarvan line beside the River Suir and the Waterford Greenway.
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access
3.Waterford Treasures: Medieval Museum
Henry VIII's only surviving clothing, on show
Ireland's only purpose-built medieval museum, built around two genuine medieval chambers and home to the sole surviving set of medieval cloth-of-gold vestments in Northern Europe. It is the headline attraction of Waterford's Viking Triangle.
- Highlights
- Two real medieval chambers: the 13th-century Choristers' Hall and 15th-century Mayor's Wine Vault
- Heavens' Embroidered Cloths — the only medieval cloth-of-gold vestments surviving in Northern Europe
- King Henry VIII's Cap of Maintenance, the only surviving piece of his clothing
- Facilities
- Wheelchair access