The James Joyce Tower and Museum is a Martello tower at Sandycove Point, in Sandycove, Dublin, Ireland. James Joyce stayed in the tower for six days, from September 9 to 14, 1904. His university friend Oliver St. John Gogarty leased it from the War Office, intending to promote Hellenic culture in Ireland.
The opening scenes of Ulysses, published in 1922, are set at the tower, and Gogarty appears in them as Buck Mulligan. The architect Michael Scott bought the tower in 1954 and donated it in 1962 for use as a museum, which opened on June 16, 1962.
The living space resembles its 1904 appearance. The museum displays Joyce's possessions and items related to Ulysses. Admission is free, and the Friends of Joyce Tower Society runs it on a voluntary basis.
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