Press Release
December 2018
New Photographic Exhibition Now Open!
Galway Markets (1870s - 1930s) Galway City Museum announces a brand new exhibition about the Galway Markets - a much celebrated aspect of life in Galway down through the years. In the nineteenth and early [...]
November 2018
Museum Acquires Handwritten Ó Conaire Letters
"Mise Pádraic Ó Conaire" An important collection of letters from the mid-1920s concerning the Irish-language writer Pádraic Ó Conaire has been kindly donated to Galway City Museum by the Galway Technical Institute (GTI) on the [...]
October 2018
Ceannt Plaque Unveiled at Galway City Museum
Commemorative Plaque 4th Battalion, Dublin Brigade On Thursday 27 September 2018 the 4th Battalion Dublin Brigade 1916 Relatives Group, Cumann Gaolta 1916 presided over the unveiling of a Commemorative Plaque at Galway City Museum. The plaque, [...]
July 2018
New exhibition launched!
'Tom Molineaux (1784-1818), the slave who fought his way to freedom' In the summer of 1818, an African-American bare-knuckle prize fighter by the name of Tom Molineaux was discovered sick and destitute on the streets [...]
April 2018
‘Old Salthill’ Exhibition Now Open!
'Old Salthill' by Tom Kenny Galway City Museum is delighted to announce the opening of ‘Old Salthill’, the second in a series of temporary exhibitions scheduled for 2018. The exhibition, curated by Tom Kenny of [...]
Winner of 2018 Experts’ Choice Award
Winner of 2018 Experts' Choice Award Galway City Museum has been chosen as a winner of the TripExpert Experts' Choice Award. Fewer than 2% of attractions worldwide receive this award. The award is based on [...]
February 2018
New Photographic Exhibition opens at Galway City Museum
The Aran Islands - Another World February 2018 Dubliner Bill Doyle (1926–2010) first visited the Aran Islands in 1964 and began to photograph the life of the islanders, capturing a way of life that has [...]
January 2018
NEW Events Guide out now!
Pick up your own copy of our Events Guide for January to April 2018 - available now at the museum reception.
December 2017
November 2017
Press Release – Takeover Day 2017
Young Travellers Take Over Museum https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2017/1117/920903-galway-museum/ Thursday 17/11/17 On Friday 17 November Galway City Museum was successfully taken over by a group of young travellers from Galway City for Takeover Day 2017. This was the [...]
Press Release – 10th Anniversary Celebrations
A Decade of Success! Thursday 09/11/17 Here at Galway City Museum, we are 10 years old and proud to celebrate a decade of success since officially opening in 2007. Galway City Museum, which is wholly [...]
July 2017
Press Release – MSPI Award
MSPI AWARD - Highest Standard for Museums Dublin Castle 11/07/17 Galway City Museum is one of four museums that have just been officially awarded full accreditation under the Heritage Council's Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. Dublin [...]
June 2017
Press Release – Experts Choice Award
WINNER 2017 EXPERT'S CHOICE AWARD Galway City Museum is among the winners of the 2017 Experts' Choice Award from TripExpert. The Award recognizes the best attractions around the world based on reviews by journalists and professional travel [...]
May 2017
Press Release – Sea Science – The Wild Atlantic launched
Minister Creed opens Ireland’s first sea science gallery in Galway May 18, 2017 Michael Creed TD Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine officially opened Ireland's first marine science gallery at Galway City Museum [...]
March 2017
Press Release – Irish Museums Association (IMA) reception
Irish Museums Association Reception Galway City Museum, 3 March 2017 Museum delegates from all over Ireland and abroad gathered at Galway City Museum on Friday for the welcome reception of this year’s Irish Museums Association [...]
November 2016
Press Release – Kids Takeover Day
Takeover Day at Galway City Museum a huge success! On Friday 18 November, Galway City Museum became the first museum in the Republic of Ireland to role out Takeover Day, a celebration of young people [...]
Press Release – Polish Independence Day
Polish Independence Day in Galway Candle lit concert of Polish patriotic songs, folk paper cut-outs workshops, demonstrations of scout skills, tasting of Polish cuisine and other surprises. This is how Bardzo Ładnie Foundation in cooperation [...]
Press Release – IHTA exhibition launched by President Higgins
Major launch by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins We have had a very exciting few weeks here at Galway City Museum particularly with the visit of our esteemed President Michael D. Higgins and Sabina [...]
September 2016
Press Release – LSLP exhibition launched by Sabina Higgins
NEW ART EXHIBITION LAUNCHED BY SABINA HIGGINS The Little Stories Little Prints exhibition was launched on Friday 2 September last by Sabina Higgins. This is a 1916 Commemorative Visual Arts Project through the medium of Printmaking. [...]
April 2016
Press Release – Revolution exhibition launched by Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Revolution in Galway, 1913-23 "As the anniversary of the Rising has drawn closer, it has become more and more apparent that the focus is on Dublin and the GPO and that the Rising in Galway [...]
