{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox museum | name = State Heraldic Museum | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = State Heraldic Museum.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = Former museum site on Kildare Street in Dublin | map_type = Ireland Central Dublin | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|53.341803|N|6.254515|W|type:landmark_region:IE|display=inline,title}} | former_name = | established = {{Start date|1909|df=y}} | dissolved = 2007 | location = 2–3 Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland | type = Heraldic museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | public_transit = | parking = | network = | website = | embedded = }} The '''State Heraldic Museum''' in Kildare Street, Dublin, was founded in 1909 and was, prior to its closure in 2007, one of the oldest such museums in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/historical-society-holding-second-winter-lecture/27010072.html | title = Regionals: Historical society holding second winter lecture | website = independent.ie | accessdate = 5 January 2024 | date = 20 November 2003 }}</ref> Up to 2007, it was housed in part of the building occupied by the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland, in the former Coffee Room of the Kildare Street Club.<ref name="virtual tour">{{cite web|url = https://www.nli.ie/en/vt/virtual-tour-heraldic-museum.aspx | title = Virtual tour of the Heraldic Museum | work = National Library of Ireland | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071119180203/http://www.nli.ie/en/vt/virtual-tour-heraldic-museum.aspx | archivedate = 19 November 2007 }}</ref>
Among its exhibits were representations of corporate and civic arms and the heraldic banners of the Chiefs of the Name.{{fact|date=January 2024}} It also displayed arms of Ireland which once hung in the Houses of Parliament in College Green, a police notice on information on the 1907 theft of the Irish crown jewels, the funeral hatchment of Daniel O'Connell used on his hearse, the Irish Lord Chancellor's purse, and other items showing the use of heraldry.<ref name="virtual tour" />
The heraldic exhibition items were reportedly due to be moved "before the end of 2007" to make way for a replacement exhibition marking the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.nli.ie/en/2_3_kildare_street.aspx | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071230112647/http://www.nli.ie/en/2_3_kildare_street.aspx | archivedate = 30 December 2007 | title = 2/3 Kildare Street | work = National Library of Ireland }}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://rec.heraldry.narkive.com/kYIDg1iR/closure-of-irish-state-heraldic-museum Newsgroup Archive - Closure of Irish State Heraldic Museum - Thread attributing statement to then director of National Library of Ireland indicating closure in 2007]
Category:Museums established in 1909 Category:Museums in Dublin (city) Category:Heraldic sites Category:Defunct museums in Ireland Category:1909 establishments in Ireland Category:2007 disestablishments in Ireland Category:Museums disestablished in 2007
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