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  • February 2026

  • Sun 15

    Let’s Get Creative Workshop: Spirit of the Horse – New Year Creativity

    February 15 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 pm

    15 February 10.00 - 10.45 Location Online (via ZOOM) Admission Free, but booking is essential. Book your free place here. Today's free online workshop takes inspiration from the Lunar New Year, led by Chun Zhu Wang. Let’s Get Creative is an inclusive, accessible, online workshop, devised to inspire creativity in children of all ages and abilities. […]

  • March 2026

  • Sun 8

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: International Women’s day – Bread and Roses

    March 8 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Explore your creative side in the Gallery’s iconic Shaw Room at this drop-in family workshop, inspired by International Women's Day with artist Eileen O'Sullivan. This International Women’s Day we take inspiration from Victoria Muradova’s (age 5) This is me with Flowers walking around Istanbul, which is currently on display in the AIB Young Portrait Prize […]

    Free
  • Sun 29

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: What can you see peeking through the trees?

    March 29 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join artist Eimear Murphy  and take inspiration from Peter Doig's painting, Concrete Cabin, West Side, as we explore the higgledy-piggledy shapes of branches with paper collage. You can even hide a secret drawing of your favourite place underneath your paper branches for others to discover!

    Free
  • April 2026

  • Sun 5

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Cloud Gazing

    April 5 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join artist Emma Hopkins this Easter Sunday and create your own cloudscape. Be inspired by Jack B.Yeats’ sweeping stratus clouds, Paul Henry’s dramatic vistas or Claude Monet’s serene sky.

    Free
  • Sun 19

    Public Family Tour at The National Gallery of Ireland

    April 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join the gallery team for a special tour designed for children and their guardians, parents and carers.

    Free
  • Sun 26

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Magical Monsters

    April 26 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join The National Gallery team for a free drop-in workshop in the Gallery's magnificant Shaw Room with artist Karen Peakin.

    Free
  • May 2026

  • Sun 3

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Point me a Picture

    May 3 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join artist Mags Harnett to explore the dots and spots of Pointillism, inspired by Paul Signac’s, The Terrace, Saint-Tropez (1898). You’ll do lots of colouring and sticking to create your own Post-Impressionist artwork, perfect for little hands.

    Free
  • Sun 10

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Paper Flower Terrariums

    May 10 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Create your own paper flower terrarium with artist Sarah Ward using collage, colour, and mixed media. Inspired by Duft by Hannah Höch, families will explore how flat shapes and textures can be transformed into small 3D worlds, layering paper, pattern, and floral elements to build a unique garden filled with colour.

    Free
  • Sat 16

    National Drawing Day 2026

    May 16 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Every year, the Gallery - together with dozens of museums, galleries, libraries and cultural organisations all over the island of Ireland - encourages people to get drawing on National Drawing Day. This year you're invite into the Gallery to take part in free drawing events, or visit one of our partner organisations around the island […]

    Free
  • Sun 24

    Sunday Family Drop-in Workshop: Street Scenes

    May 24 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Join Sarah Edmondson for a family workshop inspired by the black and white photographs of John Minihan. The participants will create a 3D Parisian street scene to photograph, exploring perspective and composition, light and shadows.

    Free
  • October 2026

  • Sun 4

    Dublin History Festival Public Tour: Irish History

    October 4 @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Free tour exploring Irish history through art in the national collection as part of Dublin Festival of History.

    Free
  • Mon 12

    Public Tour: New Parents Tour

    October 12 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    national gallery National Gallery of Ireland Merrion Square West Dublin 2, Ireland

    Free guided tour for parents, guardians, and carers of young children.

    Free
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