Shop

The shop is located on the ground floor of the Library. A wide selection of books and gifts is available for purchase during your visit, or via telephone (+353 (0)1 4070753), fax (+353 (0)1 4070760) regular post (Chester Beatty Library Giftshop, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2, Ireland) or by filling in the Contact Enquiry Form. We accept all major credit cards, and we sell and redeem Euro book-tokens.

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The shop is full of gift ideas to suit all tastes and pockets and item are sourced from all over the world to reflect Chester Beatty's magnificent collection.

Listed below are some of the items for sale in the shop:

• A variety of Chester Beatty customised items, including postcards and posters, journals and jigsaws, accessories (scarves, bags, purses) and stationery - all inspired by the Library’s rich collection.

• Books on art, travel, bookmaking and calligraphy, international cuisine, philosophy and world religions, India, China and Japan.

• Chester Beatty Library publications, including: a general guidebook to the Library and its collections; catalogues from current and previous exhibitions; and a number of books written by the Library’s curators, drawing upon the different collections – topics range from Islam and Japanese Chogonka Scrolls, to Leonardo and Dürer.

• Chinese and Indian incense; Italian hand-carved sculptures; and high-quality stationery from Florentine paper-merchants Il Papiro.

• A range of books and gifts for children.

• CDs featuring music from around the globe.

• Irish-made jewellery, as well as maps, history books and guidebooks on Ireland.

• A host of other gift ideas from Asia and the Far East: singing bowls and durgas from Tibet; carved elephants and hanging decorations from India; and kimonos and painted dolls from Japan.