What's on

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    Tour

    Public Tour: Irish Art

    28 February 14.30 - 15.30

    A free tour looking at Irish history through our collection

    Free
  2. Cubist-style painting of a group of horses

    Workshop

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Where Horses Play on Paper

    01 March 11.30 - 13.30

    Join us for this free creative workshop

    Free
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    Tour

    Public Tour: How to Read an Artwork

    01 March 11.30 - 12.30

    Learn how to read an artwork on this special tour

    Free
  4. A young child on a free family friendly tour in the Millennium Wing. © National Gallery of Ireland

    Tour

    Public Tour: Family Tour

    01 March 13.00 - 14.00

    Join us for a special tour designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers.

    Free
  5. Impressionistic landscape painting of a river, trees on the riverbank, buildings on the horizon and a white sailboat.

    Tour

    Public Tour: Mindfulness tour

    01 March 14.30 - 15.30

    Slow down and reflect through close-looking at art.

    Free
  6. View of the classical facade of the National Gallery of Ireland at Merrion Square

    Special event

    Sound Baths at the Gallery

    02 March 13.15 - 14.15

    Experience a relaxing and restorative Sound Bath in the beautiful surroundings of the National Gallery.

    €25
  7. A painting of an elderly woman, a fisherman's mother, wearing a purple headscarf and leaning both hands on a walking stick.

    Special event

    Tipple with Art

    26 March 17.45 - 20.00

    Learn to paint an artwork from our collection

    €55
  8. View of the Shaw Room at the National Gallery of Ireland, with a piano in the foreground.

    Music

    Feis Ceoil 130 | Between the Wars: 1920s–1940s

    26 March 18.30 - 20.00

    With featured artists Patrick Rafter (violin) and Dida Condria (piano)

    €15
  9. A figure dressed in white sits in the centre of the frame with the head resting in their hands. Above them floats a figure in a blue wave, their ankles shackled. To the right, the sun appears over the sea.

    Online talk

    Curator's Advance Introductory Talk | William Blake: The Age of Romantic Fantasy

    01 April 12.00 - 12.50

    An online introduction with curator Anne Hodge

    Free
  10. A writer's headshot on the left, and the cover of a book on the right

    Talk

    Talk: All the Beauty in the World - A Museum Guard's Adventures in Life, Loss and Art

    02 April 12.00 - 13.00

    A free talk with Patrick Bringley

    Free