The National Wax Museum Plus is an exciting interactive visitor attraction located in the heart of Dublin's city centre on Westmoreland Street.

The museum opened its new venue in April having previously being housed in the historic Foster Place.

The museum is an outstanding original visitor attraction that has been specifically designed to deliver an interactive experience that takes you on a journey through Irish cultural heritage, an enchanting children's zone of discovery, Ireland's only dedicated tribute to our top scientific inventors, a green screen video room, a fully functioning recording studio and all the exceptional life like wax work characters you can expect at the national wax museum.

The National Wax Museum Plus offers a museum experience unlike any other, whether you are young or old, a culture vulture or fun seeker, male or female, star struck or star-studded, The National Wax Museum Plus is the ultimate entertainment experience for all.

It is not just a museum of wax figures but provides a modern and interactive take on Irish history and popular culture.

It is also a lot of fun!

Winter Wonderland

With Christmas fast approaching the National Wax Museum Plus has transformed into a Winter Wonderland with festive fun for all the family. Santa has his elves hard at work crafting his wonderful Santa’s Kingdom for all the boys and girls old and young.

Festive Family Fun Activities included with admission tickets this year:

• Visit the real Santa: Santa will be visiting the Museum and officially checking his nice list and giving out free gifts on December 8th, 9th & 15th,16th from 12pm to 4pm.
• The Festive Elven Hunt!: Santa’s Elves have been working overtime so much so that they have moved into the Museum to be close to Santa Claus. Spot the elven doors dotted around the Museum and tell us how many there are and be rewarded with a treat.
• Sort Yourself Out For Christmas: For all Harry Potter Fans big and small we’ve a Harry Potter sorting hat where you can find out what Hogwarts House you should be assigned to.
• Letters to Santa Claus: We have a direct line to Santa Claus, sure he sleeps here 11 months of the year, so if a child posts a letter in the post box we’ll make sure he sees it. Letters available in the Museum.
• Santa’s Official Niceness Certificate: Every child (and some adults who beg) will receive an official nice list certificate.
• Black Christmas: There’s even a black Christmas in the Chamber of Horrors for those brave enough enter.

Family Fun

Children will enjoy loads of the pieces but there are so many little nooks and cranny's to explore - some designed specifically for little people to crawl through - but there will be a few bumps on the head as they try and navigate through the hall of mirrors.

There is also an app that can be downloaded to your Android device for a more immersive experience and a treasure hunt for the kids.

Children under five are free and there will have fun playing in the Kids World room or enjoying the colour of the Enchanted Garden.

Irish History

Meet Setanta and his wolfhound, watch out for the Viking slaying monk, witness a glimpse of the devastation of famine life, feel the tension of the 1916 Rising and meet the men and women who secured peace in Northern Ireland.

Enjoy a history lesson in Irish culture and life, from the Bronze Age right up to the Good Friday Agreement peace talks in Northern Ireland, and stand side by side some of our nation's most famous historical figures.

Chamber of Horrors

The Chamber of Horrors is for over 16s - strictly!

Children (and some adults) will not want to see some of the sets on display including Hannibal Lector, Frankenstein, an electrocution chamber and lots more gruesome exhibits. 

Science & Discovery

The Science and Discovery Zone of the attraction pays homage to the dedicated Irish Inventors, engineers and scientists. Many of whom you may or may not have heard of.

Interactive touch screen technology helps bring this room to life, with real experiments and figures to examine and touch. The visitor can truly understand and appreciate the work of the many men and women who invented items which we still use to this day.

Never before have Irish scientists, inventors and engineers all been celebrated together in such a comprehensive way.

School Tours

When you are planning your forthcoming educational school tour, we’d be delighted if you would consider Dublin’s most exciting visitor attraction, The National Wax Museum Plus.

The museum is dedicated to the art of sculpting and working with wax to create life-size 3-dimensional figures. Our museum features wax figures of some of the most popular individuals from the world of Film, TV, Music, Politics, History, Sport and the Arts from both yesterday and today.

• Science & Discovery in Wax 
• The Time Vaults 
• Great Irish Writers 

Have your students travel through the Time Vaults of Irish History, discover more about science in our Science and Discovery Zones and get up close and personal with all of our famous faces.

We have worksheets and quizzes for various age groups and stages in the education system featuring trivia from all of our educational zones.

Wax Hands Birthday Parties

Make your own birthday even more special with an opportunity for you and your friends to have your own hands immortalised in WAX.

Party includes:

• Tour of the Museum
• A coloured wax hand
• Downloadable invitation
• Free return admission for birthday child
• Face painting option (€30-max 10 kids)
• 1 parent free for every 10 kids
• (€5 per additional parent - does not include a Wax Hand)
• Prices start from €13 per child

A Night at the Musuem

Enter a secret world that comes to live only at night...

A new night-time Immersive show at the Was Museum pushing the boundaries between reality and imagination. Create your own imaginative journey, however, you may end up in Heaven or Hell or even partying in Dublin's favourite red light district!