Easter Hours
Galway City Museum will open Sundays, 12pm – 5pm commencing Easter Sunday 5 April 2026.
What’s On
Galway City Museum’s programme of events caters for a variety of audiences and interests, comprising gallery tours, illustrated talks, art and craft workshops, art classes and lectures. Enjoy our current series of online workshops here!
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POP-UP FESTIVAL: Drop-in Lacemakers’ Circle
April 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm IST
Show us what you’re working on! Bring your lace, needlework, or another portable handcraft project in progress, and join us for an hour of chat and handwork.
The Pop-Up Festival
Lacemaking in Galway: skills and stories is a celebration of lacemaking in County Galway. With an exhibition, workshops, demonstrations, and talks with lacemakers and historians taking place over five days, this pop-up festival showcases the skill and creativity of lacemakers in Galway and the stories – historical and present-day – entangled with the craft of lacemaking in Ireland and beyond. The festival runs from Tuesday 28 April until Saturday 2 May.
All events are FREE and open to the public at the Galway City Museum, Galway City Centre Library, and the University of Galway. See the full programme of events for this years Lacemaking in Galway Pop-Up Festival.