Explore and Learn
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Through a Lens tour: LGBTQIA+
An online self-guided tour.
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Discussing prints from George Wallace: Reflections on Life
A dementia inclusive in-home resource
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Artists’ Voices: Life in a Pandemic
Episode 5 with Mairead O'hEocha available now
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Lavinia Fontana Conservation and Research Project
Shining a light on a female Renaissance artist
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Through a Lens tour: Babies & Toddlers
An online self-guided tour to engage babies and toddlers
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National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Reflecting Faces
Make your own printed portrait inspired by George Wallace
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Five things to know about George Bernard Shaw
Discover some interesting facts about the man at the centre of ou
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National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Orpen's Wind Shelter
A creative activity to engage your child's senses
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Dementia inclusive in-home resource
For people with dementia and their carers to enjoy art at home
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George Wallace: Talking Heads
Curator Anne Hodge discusses Wallace's printed heads
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Virtual Tour: Irish Horse
Explore this landmark exhibition online for free
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Meet the Staff: Caomhán Mac Con Iomaire
Introducing the faces behind the Gallery!
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Video: George Bernard Shaw and the Gallery
Watch a video of archivist Leah Benson talking about Shaw and th
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Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part Two
A look at the sketches of Walter Osborne and F.W. Burton
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National Gallery at Home: Family Field Explorers
Exploring nature together as a family can be fun and creative.
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Through a Lens tour: Family Favourites
An online self-guided tour for visitors with young children
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Video: Irish Botanical Art
An illustrated talk by the librarian at the National Botanic Gard
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Colouring in the Collection
Download and colour in some works from the national collection
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Mindfulness and Art
Some tips for slowing down and reflecting on art
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In Focus: the flâneur
Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos
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National Gallery at Home: Van Gogh
Draw your own picture-perfect window view, inspired by Van Gogh!
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Sketchbooks at the National Gallery of Ireland: Part One
Discover sketches by Maria Spilsbury Taylor & John Butler Yeats
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National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Shades on!
Follow these simple steps to make your own collage at home inspi
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Nature from the Archives
Learn about Irish artists who illustrated nature
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Drawing Inspiration
Exploring some drawings in the collection.
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Explore the Renaissance with Cozimo
Learn about this fascinating period in art history
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Apollo Project: Artistic Licence Activity
Why not use artistic licence to reimagine a work from the Gallery
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Drawing Activity: Shapes and Spatial Relations
Develop your observational skills and explore spatial relations,
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National Gallery at Home: Profile Portraits
Create your own profile portrait at home, inspired by Antonio
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Literary and mythological characters
Discover artworks populated with characters from writing
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In Focus: The Emancipated Spectator
Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo
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Interior Lives
Exploring domestic scenes in the collection
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Five things to know about Murillo: The Prodigal Son Restored
Five interesting stories about our new exhibition
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Recording a Refurbishment
Fascinating objects uncovered during the Gallery's renovation
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Make your own Camera Obscura!
Follow along to create your own camera obscura!
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Moments in Time \ Podcast series
A series of podcasts produced to accompany our exhibition, Moment
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Sensory Workshop: Create your own 'stained glass'!
A guide to creating a stained glass inspired artwork with an emph
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Bram Stoker Festival: Warmbloods audio tour
A darkly comedic audio tour of the Gallery by improv duo Underth
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Irish Women Artists from the Archives
Women played a key role in the development of modern art in Irela
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In Focus: Cubism
Connecting the collection to art historical, theoretical or philo
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Courage
Other Voices presents Courage from the Shaw Room of the Gallery
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Caravaggio 25 \ A masterpiece revealed
The unveiling of Caravaggio's painting to the Irish public
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One Nation Indivisible: a dark moment in history
Find out the story behind this Dorothea Lange photograph, which i
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The Wonder of Weeds
Discover the mysterious and surprising qualities of plants
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Dublin: James Joyce and Erich Hartmann
Photographer Erich Hartmann was inspired by James Joyce's Ulysses
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Podcasts: The Island, A Prospect \ Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down
With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig
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Mothers
Celebrating mothers, grandmothers and mother figures in art
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A photograph can tell a powerful story
How Lewis Wickes Hine's photographs helped abolish child labour.
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Conservation and Research Projects
Dedicated to caring for and safeguarding the collections
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Everyday Bauhaus \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios
The influence of Bauhaus is all around us
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Eco awareness at the National Gallery of Ireland
Eco initiatives at the National Gallery of Ireland
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A rare daguerreotype
Portrait of Daniel O'Connell.
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What is a Portrait?
Discover the potential of portraiture!
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Moment in Time: Reading the exhibition
A reading list of American literature and poetry.
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In Focus: the sublime in art
Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos
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Meet the Staff: Mary Dowling, Friends Retention Co-ordinator
Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery
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Apollo Project: Masterclass with Nick Roche
Learn about storyboarding from comic-book artist Nick Roche.
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The Island, A Prospect - a poem by Paula Meehan
A poem by Paula Meehan, written in response to the exhibition Sha
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Meet the Staff: Sarah McAuliffe, Curatorial Fellow
Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery
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Bauhaus and Entartete Kunst
Artists persecuted by the Nazis
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How to make a patterned cape
Follow this step-by-step video to make a Sorolla-inspired cape.
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Five things to know \ Bauhaus 100: The Print Portfolios
Five quick facts about our Bauhaus exhibition
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Shaping Ireland: Visualising the Anthropocene
The first in a series of short texts exploring themes from the ex
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Journey of a conservator: working on our Guercino in the Getty
A behind-the-scenes look at Gallery conservator Maria Canavan's t
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Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer
Remembering this project, three years on
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Community Partner Exhibition: EVE Castleview
A special display of artwork created as part of a community partn
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The Colour of Ireland
If the glossy green of Ireland is the result of man-made chemical
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Entartete Kunst \ Degenerate Art
From 1937, the National Socialist Party confiscated modernist art
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Lights Out: Ireland and Mass Extinction
Since the arrival of humans in Ireland the extinction of around
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Inishbofin Community Art Project
Creating textile art in response to 'Shaping Ireland: Landscapes
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Explainer: Who were the Irish painter-etchers?
Five quick facts about our past exhibition 'Making their Mark: Ir
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Meet the Staff: Sarah Thomas, Corporate Engagement and Events Manager
Our new online feature introducing the people behind the Gallery
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Yeats Archive
Collections related to Jack B. Yeats and members of his family
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Bloomsday
To celebrate Bloomsday, we look at a few Joycean highlights from
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The Much More Magnificent Seven
A special collaboration between the Gallery, LauraLynn Children's
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Resources for Schools \ Acmhainní do Scoileanna
Downloadable resources for students and teachers
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In Focus: the flâneur
Linking the collection with art historical, theoretical or philos
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National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Sensory Spots
Use food to create your own paint and a spotty masterpiece.
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Writer Ian Maleney and Shaping Ireland
Writer Ian Maleny's debut book, Minor Monuments
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Five things to know about Turner: The Visionary
Some interesting nuggets of information about J.M.W. Turner
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Inspiration and Rivalry: After Vermeer
Remembering this project, three years on
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World Book Day
Explore portraits of writers in our collection
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Canaletto and his art, in a nutshell
Get to know the eighteenth-century painter of iconic views of Ven
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Me aul flower
Inspired by Dublin's Bloom Festival, we took a look at some of ou
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Heritage Week 2020 at the National Gallery of Ireland
Celebrate heritage with us online from 15 to 23 August 2020
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Podcasts: The Island, A Prospect \ Slieve Donard, Mourne Mountains, Co. Down
With Dara McAnulty, autistic naturalist and environmental campaig
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National Gallery of Ireland at Home: Baby Botany
An activity for parents/guardians to explore with young babies an
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Culture Night 2020 at the National Gallery of Ireland
Join us onsite and online for Culture Night 2020
