national gallery

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

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

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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!

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 […]

08 February 11.30 - 13.30 Location Shaw Room Admission Free Explore the a seasonal Springtime project with artist Eve Parnell. Get your pencils ready, maybe a dab of glue, some paper and imagine yourself in some of the finest artworks in the National Gallery of Ireland! Motivated by the beauty of Nature, Eve's drawings and […]