Events for January/February 2008
See below for further details on:
Public Programme
Schools Programme
Temporary Exhibitions
Other Events of Interest:
Museum Shop and Cafe Special offers
General Information
PUBLIC PROGRAMME
All events are free unless otherwise stated. Booking required as places are limited. Booking details at the end of the page
Wednesday 2 January: 3.30pm - 4.30pm
Tour: Fact or Fiction. Age 7+
Join members of the Education & Outreach Department to guess what is fact and fiction on this special tour.
Location: Galleries & Museum Grounds
Sunday 13 January: 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Tour: Saints, Patterns & Patrons. Age 7+
Join Brendan Mc Gowan of the Education & Outreach Department to learn about the lives, legends and legacies of Ireland's holy men and women. Location: Galleries
Wednesday 16 January: 2.30pm - 4.00pm
Talk & Demonstration: Energy Past, Present & Future. Age 7+
Join Peter Schneider, Alternative Energy Consultant, for a talk on traditional energy sources and current renewable energy systems. Followed, weather permitting by a demonstration on solar energy. Location: Education Room
Thursday 24 January: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Courses for Adults: Irish Traditional Music. Adult
Take this opportunity to pick up that instrument you left down for too long and join renowned musician Emer Mayock to revive some old and learn some old tunes. Location: Education Room
Saturday 26 January: 11.00 am – 4.00pm
Open Event: Connacht Spinners & Weavers. All Ages
Come along to meet the group or join them for the day by bringing your own knitting, crochet, felting etc. Location: Education Room
Sunday 27 January: 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Talk: Killing the Pig. Age 14+
Join author and historian Joe McGowan to hear about the history, heritage and folklore of the ‘gentlemen that aid the rent’ Location: Education Room
Tuesday 29 January: 7.00pm – 8.30pm
Talk: Brigid’s Festival and the Otherworld. Age 14+
Join Daithí Ó hÓgáin, Professor of Irish Folklore, for this lecture on the Irish quarter days, the festival of St. Brigid and the Otherworld. Location: Education Room
Wednesday 30 January: 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Workshop: A Celebration of St. Brigid. Age 7+
Join Merovee to learn about the traditions associated with St. Brigid and then have a go at making a St. Brigid’s Cross.
Location: Education Room
Sunday 10 February: 2.30pm – 3.30pm
Talk & Demonstration. Embroidery: The Book of Hours. Age 7+
Join RDS National Crafts Competition 2007 winner Aileen Johnston, as she talks about and demonstrates her craft.
The Saturday Club Feb 2008
Saturday 2, 9, 16 & 23 February: 12.00am – 2.00pm
Saturday Club: ‘Want to be a Tour Guide?’ Ages 8-13
Find out more about what happens in YOUR museum by taking part in one of our Saturday Clubs.
Want to be a Tour Guide?
This February we invite you to learn how to be a tour guide with members of the Education & Outreach Department. The club runs for four weeks and will take place on Saturday afternoons between 10am and 12pm at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life.
The starting date is Saturday 2nd February.
If you are aged between 8 and 13 you can join us to have fun and learn new skills. The Saturday Club is free and all materials are provided.
Each club is limited to 15. Book early to secure your place!
Travel Poster Competition Exhibition :
Display of Winning Entries: 19th – 29th February
At the end of 2007 the Education & Outreach Department ran a poster competition in association with the temporary exhibition Come Back to Erin: Travel Posters of the 20th Century. Winning Entries and Entries of Merit will be on display in the Resource Room Level –2 in the Museum galleries from 19th – 29th February and can be visited during Museum opening hours.
LETTERFRACK FURNITURE EXHIBITION COMPETITION
In conjunction with the exhibition of gallery seating the National Museum is running a competition to find out your favourite piece of furniture from the
exhibition. For more information contact the Bookings Office.
Schools Programme
During January the Education & Outreach Department has availability on the following activities:
Primary:
Tuesday to Thursday 15th to 17th January and 22nd to 24th January
10.00am & 11.30am
Workshop. A Celebration of St. Brigid (Suitable for 1st to 6th Class)
Join members of the Education & Outreach Department to learn about St. Brigid and the traditions associated with this Irish Saint. Then have a go at making a St. Brigid's Cross. History & Visual Arts
Wednesday 20th February 2008: 10.00am & 11.30am
Workshop. Gaelic Script
View the museum’s facsimile of the Book of Kells and afterwards join Albert Siggins to learn the fundamentals of writing in traditional Gaelic script. (History & Visual Arts: 1st to 6th Class)
Post-Primary:
Tuesday to Thursday 15th to 17th January and 22nd to 24th January
10.00am & 11.30am
Workshop. A Celebration of St. Brigid
Join members of the Education & Outreach Department to learn about St. Brigid and the traditions associated with this Irish Saint; then have a go at making different types of St. Brigid's Crosses. History & Art: 1st & 2nd Year
Post-Primary Schools
Wednesday 20th February 2008: 10.00am & 11.30am
Workshop. Gaelic Script
View the museum’s facsimile of the Book of Kells and afterwards join Albert Siggins to learn the fundamentals of writing in traditional Gaelic script. (History & Art: Junior & Senior Cycle)
Groups who would like to arrange a repeat of any event should contact the Education & Outreach Dept.
(See attached file below for full post-primary schools programme to April 2008)
Running until Feb. 2008....
Island Life: the Islands of Ireland
In association with Fáilte Ireland & the Dept. of Community Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs
This exhibition of photographs features images of daily life on the islands around the coast of Ireland from the late nineteenth century onwards. It also includes images of some non-coastal islands. The images span roughly a hundred years, starting in the late nineteenth century. They document a century of change. The photos come from the well-known Lawrence Collection, that unique record of life in Ireland at the turn of the nineteenth/twentieth centuries, also from the Diggin collection and from the camera of the great Colman Doyle. While islands from all around the coast are included, the daily lives of the people on Achill Island, Oileáin árainn, Valentia and Na Blascaodaí feature prominently.
3-10 December 2007.
Barrel Top Wagon Project & Traveller Life exhibition
In 2005, the V.E.C. in Swinford, Co. Mayo, ran a number of workshops with Traveller men in the East Mayo area in order to provide them with trade and craft skills, traditionally part of Traveller culture, to help lead to future employment. The success of this project led to the building of a barrel top wagon in 2007, where the group worked with carpenters, tutors and artists, learning new skills and creating what they felt to be a traditional symbol which represented them as a community.
This wagon will be on display in the grounds of the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, from the 3-10 December to coincide with Traveller Focus Week. It will be complemented with a display on Traveller life in Ireland which will provide insight into the ways and traditions of Irish Travellers using a wide variety of objects from the museum's collections. Come and learn about life on the road in a barrel top wagon.
8 December 2007 - mid-January 2008
Christmas exhibition
This small exhibition will display objects relating to a typical Irish Christmas with panels and fact sheets giving visitors the opportunity to learn how Christmas would have been celebrated in Irish homes in the past. The exhibition will also coincide with a series of family events (workshops, Santa visit) being held in the Museum on Saturday 8 December.
And running until June 2008:
Take A Seat! An exhibition of Gallery Seating by students of Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology at Letterfrack
This temporary exhibition is comprised of benches and chairs made in 2006 / 2007 by students of the Furniture Design and Manufacture programme at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology campus in Letterfrack. The students worked from a brief developed by staff of GMIT at Letterfrack and the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life to design seating suitable for the public visiting these exhibition galleries. Further details available from the Education and Outreach Department.
MUSEUM SHOP AND CAFE: EXTENDED OPENING EACH SUNDAY FROM 12PM
Museum Shop: Broad range of specialist books and Museum-branded and handcrafted gifts to suit all budgets. Further details from the Museum Shop: 094 90 31767 or e-mail: shoptp@museum.ie
Museum Cafe: Visit the restaurant at the Museum Café for a wide variety of tasty and seasonal meals and snacks. Enjoy our freshly baked produce and speciality teas and coffees. The perfect complement to your museum visit. For queries and bookings contact the Museum Café: 094 92 89972 / 086 1744076; E-mail:inspired@itso.ie
Féile na Tuaithe - Turlough Park 2008
Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2008. Seeking New Participants.
Due to the continued expansion of Féile na Tuaithe - Turlough Park the award-winning National Museum of Ireland - Country Life is looking for skilled crafts people and quality food & organic producers to participate in next year's event. Selection criteria apply. Participants must be members of recognised networks. Further details available from The Marketing Department, National Museum of Ireland - Country Life,
Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Tel: 094 90 31755 or e-mail: tpark@museum.ie
Visit http://www.museum.ie/ for details of 2007 events. Contact tpark@museum.ie if you would like to join the Museum's mailing list.
MUSEUM OPENING HOURS: Museum: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 2-5pm. Closed Mondays (incl. Bank Holiday) Shop and Café: extended opening on Sundays from 12pm-5pm. Museum Cafe serving Sunday Lunch from 12 noon.
The Museum Shop has a broad range of specialist books and Museum-branded and handcrafted gifts to suit all budgets. Further details from the Museum Shop: 094 90 31767 or e-mail: shoptp@museum.ie .
Museum Cafe: Visit the restaurant at the Museum Café for a wide variety of tasty and seasonal meals and snacks. Enjoy our freshly baked produce and speciality teas and coffees. The perfect complement to your museum visit. For queries and bookings contact the Museum Café: 094 92 89972 / 086 1744076; E-mail: inspired@itso.ie
CONTACT DETAILS BOOKINGS: Education and Outreach Dept. Bookings Office (Bookings office hrs: Mon-Fri: 10am - 2pm) Tel: 094 90 31751; Fax: 094 90 31498; e-mail: educationtph@museum.ie GENERAL INFORMATION: Museum Reception: 094 90 31755 MUSEUM CAFé: 094 92 89972 or 086 1744076; e-mail: inspired@itso.ie
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