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!
Headford Lace in the Annie Woods Collection by Norma Owens
OnlineHeadford Lace is one of the oldest of the Irish Laces, with a history spanning over 250 years! To mark Heritage Week 2021, Norma Owens, researcher with the Headford Lace Project, gives a brief history of Headford Lace before focussing on the lace piece within the Annie Woods Collection which is likely to be an example of …
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Deeply Wild – Sealife of the West Coast of Ireland
OnlineNick Pfeiffer started diving in 1980. Having worked as a biologist with the Marine Institute he established MERC, a scientific consultancy in 2005. Today he runs the busy aquatic environmental and ecological consultancy where much of his work involves recording and monitoring natural habitats and plants and animals of the rivers, lakes and seas in …
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Mini-Beasts
OnlineNature is everywhere - even the tiniest patch of grass is a kingdom full of creatures, you just need to look very closely! Join Science Educator Lindsay Deely of Toodlelou for an online workshop exploring the multitude of Mini-Beasts that call our back gardens home. You will learn about garden Mini-beasts as well as some …
MONUMENT – Exploring Dún Aonghasa
OnlineMuseum Director Eithne Verling explores the archaeology of the great stone fort of Dún Aonghasa on Inis Mór, Co. Galway. This is central to the MONUMENT exhibition presented by Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture and Galway City Museum as part of the cultural programme for Galway. Although Eithne is currently director of the Galway …
Galway Hookers & The Claddagh
OnlineBoatbuilder Cóilín Óg Hernon discusses the various parts of the Galway Hooker boat and boatman Ciaran Oliver follows with a short history of the Claddagh fishing village, which was once home to a large fleet of these distinctive boats. With their distinctive black hulls and eye-catching rust-red sails, Galway Hookers are the traditional boats of …
How to Make a Galway Hooker
OnlineJennifer Cunningham is a visual artist, who works with a variety of material and techniques. She has had many exhibitions including solo shows for the Galway International Arts Festival and Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. She has won many awards. She enjoys working with children and sometimes visits different schools to teach art. Her …
Drawing Mythical Creatures
OnlineRóisín Curé has taught sketching and cartooning workshops to adults and children, in Ireland and across Europe, for over a decade. In this workshop Róisín will demonstrate some drawing skills that will enable participants to illustrate their own mythical creature. Drawing Abha Róisín begins by drawing Niall’s imaginary creature, Abha, as she imagines it to be. Abha …
