What's on

  1. A woman in a long full-skirted white dress with small rosettes on it reclines on a chair. Standing beside her with her hand around her neck is a small child, also in white. They are both reading a book together.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Osborne's Guinness Portrait

    27 April 13.00 - 14.00

    A free guided tour looking at our new exhibition

    Free
  2. Vintage black and white photo of a stained glass studio

    Special event

    An Túr Gloine Stained Glass Walking Tours

    27 April 13.00 - 16.00

    Explore the stained glass of An Túr Gloine in Dublin on this special walking tour

    €25
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Highlights

    27 April 14.30 - 15.30

    Join us for a free guided tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Highlights

    28 April 11.30 - 12.30

    Join us for a free guided tour of some of the highlights of the collection.

    Free
  5. A child drawing in the Maples and Calder Creative Space in the National Gallery of Ireland.

    Workshop

    Family Drop-in Workshop

    28 April 11.30 - 13.30

    This free workshop takes place in our Shaw Room. No need to book.

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: Family Tour

    28 April 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a free tour of the collection, tailored to engage young visitors and their families.

    Free
  7. Detail from Filippino Lippi's Portrait of a Musician, late 1480s.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Music in Art

    28 April 14.30 - 15.30

    Join us for a music themed tour

    Free
  8. A woman in a long full-skirted white dress with small rosettes on it reclines on a chair. Standing beside her with her hand around her neck is a small child, also in white. They are both reading a book together.

    Talk

    Sunday Talk: Osborne's Guinness Portrait

    28 April 15.30 - 16.30

    A free talk with Hilary O'Kelly, Dress History and Fashion Studies, NCAD

    Free
  9. A woman in a long full-skirted white dress with small rosettes on it reclines on a chair. Standing beside her with her hand around her neck is a small child, also in white. They are both reading a book together.

    Talk

    Talk and Tea: Exploring The Guinness Portrait

    30 April 11.00 - 12.00

    An in-person talk with art historian Jessica Fahy

    €5
  10. A quarter length portrait of an older woman. She gazes at the viewer; her cheeks are slightly reddened and she wears a white band in her grey hair.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Turning Heads

    30 April 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a guided tour exploring some of the highlights of our spring exhibition

    Free*