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With more than 100 scheduled events per annum, Galway City Museum’s programme of events caters for a variety of audiences and interests, comprising gallery tours, illustrated talks, art and craft workshops, art classes and evening lectures. Download a copy of our current programme HERE or pick up a hardcopy from the museum.
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April 2020
Fashion Revolution is a not-for-profit global movement which campaigns for systemic reform of the clothing industry. To mark Fashion Revolution Week, join us with Galway Repair Cafe to keep your clothes looking well for longer. Bring any textile repairs you may have or a sewing machine you are unable to use - the repair team [...]
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Mahatma Gandi once said that “there is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness”. To mark Fashion Revolution Week, join Cathriona Naughton as she discusses Mahatma Gandi and Michael Davitt both of whose principles were shaped by their respective encounters with the garment industry. Both Gandhi and Davitt fought – [...]
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Join curators Eithne Verling and Sybil Curley for this special gallery tour of MONUMENT, an exhibition that investigates some of Europe’s most impressive stone monuments located on some of Europe’s smallest islands. With a primary focus on the stone forts of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the exhibition represents the communities that created these [...]
Find out moreMay 2020
The fort of Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór is a key site in the Museum’s Monument exhibition, which explores some of Europe’s biggest and most impressive stone monuments located on some of Europe’s smallest islands. To learn about the history and importance of the site, join archaeologist Claire Cotter who excavated the site in the 1990s [...]
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As part of Galway 2020's Project Baa Baa, which celebrates the cultural, economic and environmental contribution of sheep farming and its associated traditions, knitwear and yarn specialist Anne Ó Máille of Ó Máille's - the Original House of Style, Galway will discuss Aran knitwear, its interpretation and tradition. Places are limited so advance booking is [...]
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The 25th Galway Early Music Festival (22 to 24 May 2020), "Passaggio: musical journeys in time and space", explores Ireland’s location as a cultural crossroads in the development of music between the 12th and 18th centuries and how these exchanges have influenced the diversity of music today. Galway Early Music are proud to promote instrument makers [...]
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Join Museum staff for a special tour of the Monument exhibition, which explores some of Europe’s biggest and most impressive stone monuments located on some of Europe’s smallest islands, focussing on Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór. Afterwards, get hands-on with some replicas of National Museum of Ireland artefacts found on archaeological sites. As places are [...]
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The 25th Galway Early Music Festival (22 to 24 May 2020), "Passaggio: Musical Journeys in Time and space", explores Ireland’s location as a cultural crossroads in the development of music between the 12th and 18th centuries (and sometimes much earlier!) and how these exchanges have influenced the diversity of music today. Join Simon O’Dwyer of Ancient [...]
Find out moreJune 2020
As part of Galway 2020's Project Baa Baa, which celebrates the cultural, economic and environmental contribution of sheep farming and its associated traditions, Karin Flatøy Svarstad will present an illustrated talk on North Atlantic native sheep and wool. A native of Norway, Karin has been researching and working with wool for more than 40 years. [...]
Find out moreJoin Museum staff for a special tour of the Monument exhibition, which explores some of Europe’s biggest and most impressive stone monuments located on some of Europe’s smallest islands, focussing on Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór. Afterwards, get hands-on with some replicas of National Museum of Ireland artefacts found on archaeological sites. As places are [...]
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