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!
Sixty years ago, on 29 June 1963, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the great-grandson of Irish emigrants, was made a Freeman of Galway in Eyre Square. Due to popular demand, Galway City Museum will host another screening of the new short documentary entitled JFK – The Three Miles. Directed by Pamela Finn and co-funded by …
Meadhbh O’Neill, Johnny O’Halloran, and Shane Fahy will give a 30-minute performance of traditional Irish music, song, and dance. A native of Connemara, Meadhbh O’Neill is renowned for her sean-nós dancing and holds the prestigious Oireachtas na Samhnna and Craobh na hÉireann titles; she is also an All-Ireland champion accordion player. From the musical isle …
MUSIC & DANCE PERFORMANCE: The Sound of the West Read More »
B+ (aka Brian Cross) was born and raised in Limerick, he received a BFA from NCAD and then moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to study photography at the California Institute of the Arts. Cross aspired to conceptual art but was inspired by hiphop. He began photographing the hiphop community in Los Angeles in 1991. …
B+ The West is Awake (from one West Coast to Another) Read More »
Sixty years ago, on 29 June 1963, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the great-grandson of Irish emigrants, was made a Freeman of Galway in Eyre Square. Galway City Museum will host another screening of the new short documentary entitled JFK – The Three Miles during Heritage Week 2023. Directed by Pamela Finn and co-funded by …
Sixty years ago, on 29 June 1963, US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the great-grandson of Irish emigrants, was made a Freeman of Galway in Eyre Square. Galway City Museum will host another screening of the new short documentary entitled JFK – The Three Miles during Heritage Week 2023. Directed by Pamela Finn and co-funded by …
In 2017, the Museum of Modern Art in New York selected a 1940s Aran sweater for an exhibition on the world’s most iconic fashion designs. Join textile historian Vawn Corrigan – author of Irish Aran: History, Tradition, Fashion – as she explores the unique place of the Aran knit within the larger picture of Irish making and …
ILLUSTRATED TALK: The Aran Knit – History, Myth & Makers Read More »
As the Decade of Centenaries draws to a close, Galway City Museum unites with UCD Library to host a special evening of history and poetry, commemorating the pivotal moments that defined Ireland a century ago. Featuring poems by Edel Burke, Emily Cullen, Attracta Fahy, Gerry Hanberry, Mike Mac Domhnaill, Aodán McArdle, Sally McHugh, and more… …
SUPERHUMAN, is a new exhibition that celebrates collaboration, creativity and innovation in medical technology (medtech) research in Ireland. This exhibition by CÚRAM (the SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices – a national centre based at University of Galway), in collaboration with Galway City Museum, showcases the development of Galway and Ireland as a medtech hub …
Cartoonists from all around the world express what AI means to them in this new exhibition, Artificial Idiocy. It was Tuam-born engineer and social philosopher Michael Cooley, founder of the journal AI & Society, who coined the term "human-centred systems". He foresaw Artificial Intelligence as a tool that extended our will, enabling us to create …
New exhibition: ‘Artificial Idiocy’ for Galway Cartoon Festival Read More »
The Claddagh village, which lends its name to the famous ring, developed on the western shore of the mouth of the River Corrib, outside the walls of medieval Galway. This village of small, thatched houses occupied by Irish-speaking fishermen and their families, and headed by an elected mayor or king, played an important role in …
ILLUSTRATED TALK: The Claddagh – A Triumph of Unconscious Beauty Read More »
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