Bishop's Palace
A Georgian townhouse on The Mall in Waterford that shows the city’s Georgian and Victorian past, with a famous collection of Waterford glass.
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The Bishop’s Palace stands on The Mall in the Viking Triangle, the oldest part of Waterford. It is an 18th-century stone townhouse, and a historian of Waterford writing in 1746 already praised its fine front on the Mall and its handsome portico. For generations it was one of the grand residences of the city.
The building opened as a museum in June 2011 and is now one of the Waterford Treasures museums. The ground and first floors are furnished as a Georgian townhouse, and further rooms look at Victorian Waterford.
The museum is especially known for its Waterford glass. It holds the oldest surviving piece of Waterford glass, a Penrose decanter of 1789, and the shell cabinet of Elizabeth Penrose with its small glass animals, which returned to the city in 2014. The earliest known oil painting of Waterford, made by William van der Hagen in 1736, is also on view.
A costumed guided tour led by a housekeeper or butler is included in the ticket and tells stories of life behind the doors of Georgian Waterford. A 4D film about the Penrose family and the glassworks has also been shown in the house.
Højdepunkter
- Rooms furnished as a Georgian townhouse
- Oldest surviving piece of Waterford glass, a Penrose decanter of 1789
- Elizabeth Penrose’s shell cabinet with glass animals
- Van der Hagen’s 1736 painting, the earliest oil view of Waterford
- Costumed tour of Georgian household life
Permanent udstilling
- Georgian and Victorian Waterford – Rooms furnished as a Georgian townhouse show furniture, silver, porcelain and Waterford glass, with the Penrose collection at the centre.
- Grundlagt
- 2011
- Ejer
- Waterford Treasures
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 10 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 10 €Seniors and students pay the adult price |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 15 år · Under 16s enter free. |
| Pensionister | 10 €Same price as adults. |
| Studerende og elever | 10 €Same price as adults. |
| Grupper | –Group and school rates are available on request; teachers and assistants are free. |
| Freedom of Waterford Pass (adult, senior, student) | 23 €Covers the Medieval Museum, Bishop’s Palace, Irish Museum of Time, Irish Silver Museum, the Epic Walking Tour and Christ Church Cathedral; free for under 16s. |
The ticket includes the guided tour of the house. Booking online saves 15% on the single ticket and 10% on the pass. Individuals do not need to book.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
A lift serves all gallery floors, and wheelchairs and mobile stools can be borrowed at reception. Toilets are on the lower floor. Blue badge parking spaces are on The Mall and Greyfriars Street. Labels are in English, Irish, French and German.
Børn og familie
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 15 år |
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- Puslerum
Baby changing is available on the ground floor. Pushchairs can be left at the entrance at the museum’s discretion, as space is limited.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Plunkett Station
Waterford Plunkett Station (Irish Rail) has direct trains to Dublin Heuston and connections to Cork, Limerick and Galway.
I bil
Betalingsparkering · 3 min. til fods til indgangen
The nearest public car park is Bolton Street, less than 3 minutes away, with pay-by-meter parking on the Quays, The Mall and Parnell Street. Coach set-down is on The Mall outside the palace; coaches park free at Bolton Street.
- Handicapparkering
All Waterford Treasures museums lie within five minutes’ walk of each other in the Viking Triangle.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
- Restaurant: findes ikke
- Museumsbutik
- Garderobe
Bishop’s Palace Café on the ground floor serves breakfast, lunch and cakes, with a terrace beside the medieval town wall, and ticket holders get 10% off. A small gift shop is inside the main entrance. Large bags can be left at reception.
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
- Firmaarrangementer
Corporate events can be arranged through Waterford Treasures. The palace and its gardens can be used for wedding photography from October to April.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 45 min. |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Fotografering | Hand-held cameras are allowed, but not flash, video cameras or tripods. Photos are for personal use only. |
| Godt at vide | A visit to the Waterford Treasures museums is suggested to take one to two hours. Food and drink are not allowed in the galleries. |
