What’s On
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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September 2018
The great limestone fort of Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór is one of the Wild Atlantic Way’s most spectacular sites. To learn about the history and importance of the monument, join archaeologist Claire Cotter who excavated the site in the 1990s and has published two volumes on the archaeology of the Aran Islands and the stone [...]
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Brú Theatre presents The Fisherwives, a masked ensemble inspired by the hard-working women of the Claddagh who toiled in the old fish market at the Spanish Arch. Part of Galway 2020’s flagship programme – Small Towns, Big Ideas – the performers will silently weave from the Claddagh and Quay Street to the courtyard of the [...]
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Galway City Musuem and Galway Atlantaquaria present 'Sum of the Sea', a marine-inspired maths event covering topics such as seabed mapping, measuring the lengths and weights of marine animals, spatial awareness, budgeting and lots more! Maths Week is an all-island celebration of mathematics co-ordinated by Calmast STEM Outreach Centre at the Waterford Institute of Technology [...]
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Nell Regan discusses republican, feminist and trade union activist Helena Molony. Based in Dublin, Nell Regan is a poet and non-fiction writer whose latest book is Helena Molony: A Radical Life, 1883- 1967 (2017). 1918 was a landmark year for women in Ireland and Britain, with legislation beginning the process of their inclusion in politics. Famously, in [...]
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Written from the trenches in 1915 and published the following year, Patrick MacGill’s The Great Push has been described as “one of the most famous of all war books […] the most vivid depiction of the actualities of war ever penned.” This one-man show with actor Gerry Conneely captures the humanity and pathos of MacGill [...]
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Have you ever wondered what it is like to go out to sea? Join our science graduate intern, Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for an interactive workshop about life on-board the Marine Institute’s research vessel, the RV Celtic Explorer. You will learn about what research goes on out at sea such as fisheries, acoustics, marine mammal observing [...]
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Developed in partnership with the Marine Institute, Sea Science – the Wild Atlantic is an interactive exhibition that focuses on the wonders of the marine world. Join our science graduate intern, Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for a guided gallery tour to learn more. Age 7 – 12 / Family Event (Schools Mid-Term)
Find out moreDeveloped in partnership with the Marine Institute, Sea Science – the Wild Atlantic is an interactive exhibition that focuses on the wonders of the marine world. Join our science graduate intern, Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for a guided gallery tour to learn more. Age 7 – 12 / Family Event (Schools Mid-Term)
Find out moreDeveloped in partnership with the Marine Institute, Sea Science – the Wild Atlantic is an interactive exhibition that focuses on the wonders of the marine world. Join our science graduate intern, Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for a guided gallery tour to learn more. Age 7 – 12 / Family Event (Schools Mid-Term)
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Developed in partnership with the Marine Institute, Sea Science – the Wild Atlantic is an interactive exhibition that focuses on the wonders of the marine world. Join our science graduate intern, Gráinne Cronin O’Reilly, for a guided gallery tour to learn more. Age 7 – 12 / Family Event (Schools Mid-Term)
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