James Joyce Centre

The James Joyce Centre in Dublin is a museum and cultural center that has been dedicated to the life and work of the writer James Joyce, as well as to Irish literature, since 1982. It is housed in a restored 18th-century Georgian townhouse on North Great George's Street, originally built in 1784. The building has a rich history: in the late 19th century, one room served as a dance studio, and during the Irish revolutionary period it was used by both British officers and Irish republicans. After being threatened with demolition in the 1980s, the house was saved and extensively renovated, opening to the public in 1996. Inside, you can see permanent exhibits that include furniture from Joyce's Paris apartment and the door of his fictional address on Eccles Street. The offerings are rounded out by rotating special exhibitions, lectures, concerts, theater performances, and guided walking tours of the city. The center has also organized the annual Bloomsday festival since 1994, celebrating the connection between Joyce and Dublin.