Open House Sensory Architecture Tour: Solid Space and Sound

Experience the National Gallery of Ireland through a sensory focused tour that engages with the materials, texture, space and sound of the Gallery’s unique architecture. 

In this 60-minute visit which is part of the Open House festival, a member of the Gallery’s guide panel will lead you around some of the most architecturally significant areas of the Gallery’s outdoor and indoor spaces. This is an outdoor and indoor experience so please prepare for the possibility of bad weather. These will go ahead even if it is raining. It is accessible for visually impaired visitors and wheelchair users.

• Meet your tour guide in our Forecourt, near the Merrion Square information desk.
• Read our Visitor Guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the Gallery.
• This tour is fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.