Exclusive Curator's Tour: Mondrian Online

Experience the magic from wherever you are!

National Gallery at Home: Framing the World

Follow this step-by-step activity to create a Mondrian-inspired p

Through a Lens tour: Mental Health in Art

An online self-guided tour

Your Gallery at School

Primary-school applications accepted until 5 February

National Gallery at Home: A Colour Experiment!

Try out this creative activity inspired by Turner's watercolours

Five things to know about J.M.W. Turner's watercolours

Some interesting nuggets of information about J.M.W. Turner

Artists’ Voices: Life in a Pandemic

Episode 6 with Ruth Lyons available now

National Gallery at Home: Self-Portraits

A step-by-step art activity video for children

In Focus: Summer Shadows, Summer Dreams

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Through a Lens tour: Babies & Toddlers

An online self-guided tour to engage babies and toddlers

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Reflecting Faces

Make your own printed portrait inspired by George Wallace

Lavinia Fontana Conservation and Research Project

Shining a light on a female Renaissance artist

The Wonder of Weeds

Discover the mysterious and surprising qualities of plants

Through a Lens tour: LGBTQIA+

An online self-guided tour.

Five things to know about George Bernard Shaw

Discover some interesting facts about the man at the centre of ou

Dementia inclusive in-home resource

For people with dementia and their carers to enjoy art at home

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Orpen's Wind Shelter

A creative activity to engage your child's senses

Meet the Staff: Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire

Introducing the faces behind the Gallery!

George Wallace: Talking Heads

Curator Anne Hodge discusses Wallace's printed heads

Video: George Bernard Shaw and the Gallery

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

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part Two

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

Through a Lens tour: Family Favourites

An online self-guided tour for visitors with young children

Video: Irish Botanical Art

An illustrated talk by the librarian at the National Botanic Gard

Colouring in the Collection

Download and colour in some works from the national collection

Mindfulness and Art

Some tips for slowing down and reflecting on art

In Focus: the flâneur

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

National Gallery at Home: Van Gogh

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

Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part One

Discover sketches by Maria Spilsbury Taylor & John Butler Yeats

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Shades on!

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

Nature from the Archives

Learn about Irish artists who illustrated nature

Drawing Inspiration

Exploring some drawings in the collection.

Explore the Renaissance with Cozimo

Learn about this fascinating period in art history

Drawing Activity: Shapes and Spatial Relations

Develop your observational skills and explore spatial relations,

Apollo Project: Artistic Licence Activity

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

National Gallery at Home: Profile Portraits

Create your own profile portrait at home, inspired by Antonio

Literary and mythological characters

Discover artworks populated with characters from writing

In Focus: The Emancipated Spectator

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Interior Lives

Exploring domestic scenes in the collection

Recording a Refurbishment

Fascinating objects uncovered during the Gallery's renovation

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

Sensory Workshop: Create your own 'stained glass'!

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

Bram Stoker Festival: Warmbloods audio tour

A darkly comedic audio tour of the Gallery by improv duo Underth

Irish Women Artists from the Archives

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

In Focus: Cubism

Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo

Courage

Other Voices presents Courage from the Shaw Room of the Gallery

Caravaggio 25 \ A masterpiece revealed

The unveiling of Caravaggio's painting to the Irish public

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

The Wonder of Weeds

Discover the mysterious and surprising qualities of plants

Dublin: James Joyce and Erich Hartmann

Photographer Erich Hartmann was inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses

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

A photograph can tell a powerful story

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

Conservation and Research Projects

Dedicated to caring for and safeguarding the collections

Everyday Bauhaus \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

The influence of Bauhaus is all around us

Eco awareness at the National Gallery of Ireland

Eco initiatives at the National Gallery of Ireland

A rare daguerreotype

Portrait of Daniel O'Connell.

What is a Portrait?

Discover the potential of portraiture!

Moment in Time: Reading the exhibition

A reading list of American literature and poetry.

In Focus: the sublime in art

Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos

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

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Apollo Project: Masterclass with Nick Roche

Learn about storyboarding from comic-book artist Nick Roche.

The Island, A Prospect - a poem by Paula Meehan

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

Meet the Staff: Sarah McAuliffe, Curatorial Fellow

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

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.

Five things to know \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios

Five quick facts about our Bauhaus exhibition

Shaping Ireland: Visualising the Anthropocene

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

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

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

Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer

Remembering this project, three years on

Community Partner Exhibition: EVE Castleview

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

The Colour of Ireland

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

Entartete Kunst \ Degenerate Art

From 1937, the National Socialist Party confiscated modernist art

Lights Out: Ireland and Mass Extinction

Since the arrival of humans in Ireland the extinction of around

Inishbofin Community Art Project

Creating textile art in response to 'Shaping Ireland: Landscapes

Explainer: Who were the Irish painter-etchers?

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

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

Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery

Yeats Archive

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

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

Resources for Schools \ Acmhainní do Scoileanna

Downloadable resources for students and teachers

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.

Writer Ian Maleney and Shaping Ireland

Writer Ian Maleny's debut book, Minor Monuments

Discussing prints from George Wallace: Reflections on Life

A dementia inclusive in-home resource

Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer

Remembering this project, three years on

World Book Day

Explore portraits of writers in our collection

Canaletto and his art, in a nutshell

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

Me aul flower

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

Heritage Week 2020 at the National Gallery of Ireland

Celebrate heritage with us online from 15 to 23 August 2020

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

With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig

National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Baby Botany

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

Culture Night 2020 at the National Gallery of Ireland

Join us onsite and online for Culture Night 2020

Through a Lens: Family Architecture

A special tour for Open House 2020

Homan Potterton

We're deeply saddened to learn of the death of our former Directo

National Gallery at Home: Wearable Viewfinder

Follow this step-by-step activity to create your own wearable vie

Five things to know about Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored

Five interesting stories about our new exhibition

National Gallery at Home: Family Field Explorers

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