Hunt Museum

Why visit

Hunt Museum is worth time because it is a museum of art and antiquities housed in Limerick’s former eighteenth-century Custom House. The visit centres on decorative arts, archaeological objects, and Georgian Custom House, so the place can be understood through visible features rather than reputation alone. The museum displays the collection assembled by John and Gertrude Hunt and occupies a historic riverside building designed in the Georgian period. Within Clare & Limerick, it adds a clear museums, art dimension to a broader itinerary. A measured visit leaves time to examine the building fabric, landscape or collections and to understand how the site relates to its immediate setting.

What you will see

• decorative arts.
• archaeological objects.
• Georgian Custom House.

History

The museum displays the collection assembled by John and Gertrude Hunt and occupies a historic riverside building designed in the Georgian period.

Visitor tips

1. 1

   Allow enough time to examine decorative arts rather than treating the stop only as a quick photograph.

2. 2

   Check current official notices shortly before travel for temporary closures, conservation work or access changes.

About Clare & Limerick

The limestone Burren, Atlantic cliffs, caves, castles and Limerick’s museum collections provide a varied route through geology, archaeology and medieval history.