Heritage Week 2020 at the National Gallery of Ireland

Celebrate heritage with us online from 15 to 23 August 2020

Dementia inclusive in-home resource

This in-home resource is a new project to enable people with deme

Video: George Bernard Shaw and the Gallery

Watch a video of archivist Leah Benson talking about Shaw and th

National Gallery at Home: Family Field Explorers

Exploring nature together as a family can be fun and creative.

Virtual Tour: Irish Horse

Explore this landmark exhibition online for free

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part Two

A look at the sketches of Walter Osborne and F.W. Burton

In Focus: the flâneur

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

Literary and mythological characters

Discover artworks populated with characters from writing

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Baby Botany

An activity for parents/guardians to explore with young babies an

Recording a Refurbishment

Fascinating objects uncovered during the Gallery's renovation

Colouring in the Collection

Download and colour in some works from the national collection

Nature from the Archives

Learn about Irish artists who illustrated nature

National Gallery at Home: Van Gogh

Draw your own picture-perfect window view, inspired by Van Gogh!

Mindfulness and Art

Some tips for slowing down and reflecting on art

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Shades on!

Follow these simple steps to make your own collage at home inspi

Drawing Inspiration

Exploring some drawings in the collection.

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part One

Discover sketches by Maria Spilsbury Taylor & John Butler Yeats

Interior Lives

Exploring domestic scenes in the collection

Drawing Activity: Shapes and Spatial Relations

Develop your observational skills and explore spatial relations,

National Gallery at Home: Profile Portraits

Create your own profile portrait at home, inspired by Antonio

Explore the Renaissance with Cozimo

Learn about this fascinating period in art history

Apollo Project: Artistic Licence Activity

Why not use artistic licence to reimagine a work from the Gallery

Make your own Camera Obscura!

Follow along to create your own camera obscura! 

Moments in Time \ Podcast series

A series of podcasts produced to accompany our exhibition, Moment

In Focus: The Emancipated Spectator

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

In Focus: Cubism

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Courage

Other Voices presents Courage from the Shaw Room of the Gallery

Five things to know about Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored

Five interesting stories about our new exhibition

Sensory Workshop: Create your own 'stained glass'!

A guide to creating a stained glass inspired artwork with an emph

Live recording: Tracy Chevalier in conversation

A live recording of a conversation between Tracy Chevalier, autho

Lavinia Fontana Conservation and Research Project

Shining a light on a female Renaissance artist

Dublin: James Joyce and Erich Hartmann

Photographer Erich Hartmann was inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses

Create your own Monet-inspired drawing and collage!

Follow along with an easy step-by-step video!

One Nation Indivisible: a dark moment in history

Find out the story behind this Dorothea Lange photograph, which i

Irish Women Artists from the Archives

Women played a key role in the development of modern art in Irela

The Wonder of Weeds

Discover the mysterious and surprising qualities of plants

In Focus: the sublime in art

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

Caravaggio 25 \ A masterpiece revealed

The unveiling of Caravaggio's painting to the Irish public

Meet the Staff: Mary Dowling, Friends Retention Co-ordinator

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

What is a Portrait?

Discover the potential of portraiture!

A photograph can tell a powerful story

How Lewis Wickes Hine's photographs helped abolish child labour.

Moment in Time: Reading the exhibition

A reading list of American literature and poetry.

Podcasts: The Island, A Prospect \ Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down

With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig

Mothers

Celebrating mothers, grandmothers and mother figures in art

Conservation and Research Projects

Dedicated to caring for and safeguarding the collections

Lights Out: Ireland and Mass Extinction

Since the arrival of humans in Ireland the extinction of around

Bauhaus and Entartete Kunst

Artists persecuted by the Nazis

How to make a patterned cape

Follow this step-by-step video to make a Sorolla-inspired cape.

The Island, A Prospect - a poem by Paula Meehan

A poem by Paula Meehan, written in response to the exhibition Sha

OUTing the Past: The Festival of LGBT History 2019

In 2019, the National Gallery of Ireland was delighted to bring O

Five things to know \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

Five quick facts about our Bauhaus exhibition

Canaletto and his art, in a nutshell

Get to know the eighteenth-century painter of iconic views of Ven

Meet the Staff: Sarah McAuliffe, Curatorial Fellow

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

The Colour of Ireland

If the glossy green of Ireland is the result of man-made chemical

Writer Ian Maleney and Shaping Ireland

Writer Ian Maleny's debut book, Minor Monuments

Shaping Ireland: Visualising the Anthropocene

The first in a series of short texts exploring themes from the ex

Community Partner Exhibition: EVE Castleview

A special display of artwork created as part of a community partn

Journey of a conservator: working on our Guercino in the Getty

A behind-the-scenes look at Gallery conservator Maria Canavan's t

World Book Day

Explore portraits of writers in our collection

Explainer: Who were the Irish painter-etchers?

Five quick facts about our past exhibition 'Making their Mark: Ir

Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer

Three contemporary practitioners, Brian Fay, Dragana Jurisic, and

Inishbofin Community Art Project

Creating textile art in response to 'Shaping Ireland: Landscapes

Entartete Kunst \ Degenerate Art

From 1937, the National Socialist Party confiscated modernist art

Resources for Schools \ Acmhainní do Scoileanna

Downloadable resources for students and teachers

Yeats Archive

Collections related to Jack B. Yeats and members of his family

Meet the Staff: Sarah Thomas, Corporate Engagement and Events Manager

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Bloomsday

To celebrate Bloomsday, we look at a few Joycean highlights from

The Much More Magnificent Seven

A special collaboration between the Gallery, LauraLynn Children's

Everyday Bauhaus \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

The influence of Bauhaus is all around us

Five things to know about Turner: The Visionary

Exhibition on view until 31 January

Eco awareness at the National Gallery of Ireland

Eco initiatives at the National Gallery of Ireland

A rare daguerreotype

Portrait of Daniel O'Connell.

Apollo Project: Masterclass with Nick Roche

Learn about storyboarding from comic-book artist Nick Roche.

In Focus: the flâneur

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Sensory Spots

Use food to create your own paint and a spotty masterpiece.

Me aul flower

Inspired by Dublin's Bloom Festival, we took a look at some of ou