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| name                = Pearse Museum
| native_name         = Músaem na bPiarsach
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| caption             = Northern facade
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| former_name         = The Hermitage, [[St. Enda's School]]
| established         = {{Start date|1979|df=y}}
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| location            = [[St. Enda's Park]], Grange Road, [[Rathfarnham]], Dublin, Ireland
| type                = [[Museum#Biographical museums|Biographical museum]]
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| curator             = Brian Crowley<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haroldscross.org/patrick-pearse-life-10-objects-presentation-brian-crowley-curator-pearse-museum/|title=Patrick Pearse – a life in 10 objects – a presentation by Brian Crowley, Curator Pearse Museum – Harold's Cross}}</ref>
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| owner               = [[Office of Public Works]]
| publictransit       = Grange Road (Hermitage Avenue) bus stop ([[Dublin Bus]] route 16)
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The '''Pearse Museum''' ({{langx|ga|Músaem na bPiarsach}}) is dedicated to the memory of [[Patrick Pearse]] and his brother, [[Willie Pearse|William]]. Patrick Pearse was an educationalist and nationalist who was executed for his part in the [[1916 Rising]]. The museum is situated in [[St. Enda's Park]] in the suburb of [[Rathfarnham]] on the south side of Dublin, Ireland. It was formerly an Irish speaking school named [[St. Enda's School|St. Enda's]]. Originally Pearse's school was set up in Ranelagh on 8 September 1908. It moved to Rathfarnham in 1910. After Pearse was executed for his part take in the 1916 rising, and due to decreasing numbers and increasing financial worries, the school closed in 1935. After Patrick Pearse's sister ([[Margaret Mary Pearse]]) died in 1968, St. Enda's and its grounds were handed over to the state, and the school house is now a museum devoted to the Pearse brothers. The museum contains reconstructions of many of the original rooms, including Pearse's study, the family sitting room, the school art gallery, the school museum and one of the dormitories. There is also a gallery devoted exclusively to the sculpture of William Pearse. Visitors can also visit a nature study room in the courtyard behind the school house where examples of Irish plants and [[Fauna of Ireland|animals]] can be found.

The museum is an 18th-century house (built after 1786) situated in a parkland setting: from 1840 to 1857 it was the home of [[Richard Moore (Irish lawyer)|Richard Moore]], [[Attorney General for Ireland]] and judge.

The museum was closed for renovations in May 2006 and re-opened to the public on 28 November 2008. The museum is open seven days a week and admission is free.<ref>[http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PearseMuseum-StEndasPark/ Pearse Museum information at Heritage Ireland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229075140/http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/Dublin/PearseMuseum-StEndasPark/ |date=29 December 2007 }}</ref>

== Gallery==
<gallery>
Pearse Brother's Museum - St. Enda's Park.jpg|General view
Pearse Museum western elevation.JPG|Pearse Museum, western elevation. Entrance to museum behind modern walls
Yew hedge, formal garden of Pearse Museum.JPG|Formal garden of the Pearse Museum
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://pearsemuseum.ie/ The Pearse Museum]

==References==
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{{Museums and Galleries in Ireland}}

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[[Category:Biographical museums in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:History museums in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Natural history museums in the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Museums in South Dublin (county)]]
[[Category:Rathfarnham]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in South Dublin (county)]]
[[Category:Pearse family|Museum]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Ireland]]


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