Press Release
June 2019
New Gaelic Ireland Exhibition Now Open!
Keepers of the Gael / Caomhnóirí na nGael An exciting, new, multi-media exhibition that is now open at Galway City Museum. This exhibition explores aspects of Gaelic culture and society in Ireland through the lens [...]
New Claddagh Exhibition Now Open!
A Triumph of Unconscious Beauty The Claddagh village, which lends its name to the famous ring, developed on the western shore of the mouth of the River Corrib, outside the walls of medieval Galway. It [...]
May 2019
Galway City Museum Environmental Upgrade
The Galway City Museum Environmental Upgrade works are currently underway. This project has been part-funded by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Tá an tionscadal seo páirt-mhaoinithe ag An Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta
April 2019
Easter at Galway City Museum
Easter Opening Hours Closed Good Friday 19th April Open Saturday 20th April.....................10am - 5pm Open Easter Sunday 21st April............12pm - 5pm Closed Monday 22nd April Open Tuesday 23rd April......................10am - 5pm Happy Easter from [...]
March 2019
Sustainable Living Series, Learn All About It!
What is sustainable living? Creative Ireland are funding a series of interactive workshops and talks taking place in Galway City Museum and Westside Library over the next six weeks from 23 March to 11 May [...]
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. [...]