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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 lectures. Enjoy our current series of online workshops here!
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December 2019
The Keepers of the Gael exhibition explores Gaelic culture and society through the lens of the learned families of historians, lawyers, physicians, poets and musicians who served Gaelic chiefs and English lords in Ireland between 1200 and 1600 AD. As places are limited, advance booking is advised – call the museum on (091) 532460. Suitable [...]
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Join harp maker Natalie Surina and historian Maura Ó Cróinín as they discuss the history, construction, stringing and music of the early Irish harp, and compare it to its European counterparts. Afterwards, visit the Keepers of the Gael exhibition, which explores Gaelic society and culture through the lens of the learned families who served Gaelic chiefs and English lords [...]
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The Revolution in Galway, 1913-1923 exhibition explores the Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War from a Galway perspective. It features a diverse range of objects – a green ensign flag flown during the visit of King Edward VII to Galway in 1903, a piper’s cap belonging Éamonn Ceannt, a chess piece carved by [...]
Find out moreThe Revolution in Galway, 1913-1923 exhibition explores the Easter Rising, War of Independence and Civil War from a Galway perspective. It features a diverse range of objects – a green ensign flag flown during the visit of King Edward VII to Galway in 1903, a piper’s cap belonging Éamonn Ceannt, a chess piece carved by [...]
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Making Home is an improvisational performance event that evolved through Creation-as-Research with Bernadette Divilly during 2019. The focus is the body, housing, home and homelessness. The participants included long-term residents in Ireland and new communities. Audience engagement will be embedded in the structure. As places are limited, advance booking is advised – call the museum [...]
Find out moreJoin Bernadette Divilly, choreographer and dance movement psychotherapist for a movement workshop that combines contemplative dance practice with awareness of the relationship with home. This is an opportunity to create and learn together. Supported by Galway Dance Project in partnership with Galway City Museum. As places are limited, advance booking is advised – call the [...]
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Did you know that STEPS Engineers Week promotes engineering and the importance of the profession to children in Ireland? Galway City Museum invites you to join Harriet Dundon, Mia Donnelly and Garry Kendellen celebrating #EngineersWeek, by taking part in a fun water tower activity designed for young people aged 8 to 11 years, on the [...]
Find out moreMarch 2020
The National Museum of Ireland's Education Team come to Galway City Museum for an outreach event as part of Galway 2020 and the new exhibition, MONUMENT. This exhibition explores the Bronze Age communities who created the stone forts of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay such as Dún Aonghasa. Families can drop in to the [...]
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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, 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. [...]
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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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