The Library's Department of Manuscripts and the Office of the Chief Herald are housed in numbers 2 and 3, Kildare Street. Readers with Manuscript Reader's Tickets can visit the Manuscripts Reading Room on the second floor, while members of the general public can freely visit the exhibition area located on the ground floor.
Manuscripts Reading Room
Material in the Library's manuscript collection must be consulted in the Manuscripts Reading Room which is located on the second floor of 2/3 Kildare Street, at the Nassau Street end of Kildare Street.
Readers must hold a separate Manuscript Reader's Ticket in addition to their full Reader's Ticket in order to gain admission to the Manuscripts Reading Room.
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Exhibition Area, 2/3 Kildare Street
The exhibition space on the ground floor of this building originally housed the State Heraldic Museum.
This exhibition space now houses an exhibition based on the National Library's treasures Discover Your National Library. Visitors are invited to come behind the scenes and explore the Library's rich and varied collections. Using the exhibition's innovative technology, visitors can view highlights from the Library's collections and examine individual items in extremely close detail.
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