Tripadviser recently ranked the Irish Rock 'n' Roll museum as the fourth best thing to do in Dublin, so we went for a visit to see what it was all about. Originally operating solely as a recording studio, the museum aspect was opened up about 10 years ago to give the public an insight into the musical history that has been made here.
Located at the heart of the Irish music scene in Temple Bar, we met our tour guide Glen Hughes and began our journey through the underground recording studios (which are still in use) to The Button Factory and finished in the Sun Studios where the likes of Michael Jackson and Rihanna have recorded some of their music.
One of the unique aspects of this attraction that stood out on the tour was that although the venue holds a lot of historical musical importance, it is also still in use today. "Where the Button Factory venue is today was originally the first recording space, but then they decided to make seven recording studios underground for artists to use and turned the original space into the Button Factory as we know it today," Glen explained.
