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Museum Events during Feb 2008
By Bernie Byron
15, Feb 2008 - 09:57
Events for 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.
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!
Wednesday 13 February: 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Talk: Fairy Beliefs.Age 7+
Join Pádraig Ó Héalaí, Scoil na Gaeilge, NUI Galway, for a talk on fairy beliefs in traditional Irish life.
Location: Education Room
Sunday 24 February: 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Talk and Demonstration. Woodturning. Age 7+
Join RDS National Crafts Competition 2007 winner, Séamus Cassidy, for this talk on traditional and contemporary woodturning. Location: Education Room
Wednesday 27 February: 3.30pm – 4.30pm
Talk. Growing Vegetables. Age 7+
Join Kevin Gannon, Gardener, to learn about growing vegetables using traditional methods. This event is Fully Booked!
Thursday 28 February: 10.00am - 5.00pm
Courses for Adults. Knitting. Adult
Join Mary McGranaghan on this one-day beginner and improvers knitting course.
Location: Education Room
TRAVEL POSTER COMPETITION WINNERS
Display of Winning Entries: 19– 29 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 19–29 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.
SEACHTAIN NA GAEILGE, 3Ú – 17Ú MÁRTA 2008
Ceiliúrann Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann Seachtain na Gaeilge, le réimse imeachtaí trí Ghaeilge- turais, seisiúin scéalaíochta agus ceoil. Tá Bileoga Gníomhaíochta trí Ghaeilge ar fáil chomh maith.Beidh formhór na h-imeachtaí dátheangach. Beidh clár speisialta ar siúl i ngach brainse den Ard-Mhúsaem le linn Sheachtain na Gaeilge. Tá tuilleadh eolais le fail sa liosta imeachtaí.
The National Museum of Ireland celebrates Seachtain na Gaeilge, with a range of events through Irish, including tours, storytelling and music. Irish language Activity Sheets are also available. Most events are bi-lingual.
Turais stiúraithe i nGaeilge
Ar fáil ón Máirt 4ú go dé hAoine an 14ú Márta ag 14.00 uair. Bíonn uas-teora 20 áit i gceist. Beidh turais i nGaeilge ar fáil i rith na seachtaine do ghrúpaí. Is gá réamh-áirithint a dhéanamh.
Guided tours in Irish
Available from Tuesday 4th to Friday 14th March at 2.00pm. Places are limited to 20. Tours in Irish will also be available throughout the week for groups. Pre-booking is essential.
Schools Programme
TEACHERS!
During February in addition to the regular tours and activities on offer at the Museum the Education & Outreach Department has availability on the following activities:
Primary Schools
Wednesday 20 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)
Tuesday 4 - Friday 14 March 2008
Guided Tours in Irish
Places are limited to 15 and pre-booking is essential. (History & Irish: 1st to 6th Class)
Post-Primary Schools
Wednesday 20 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)
Tuesday 4 to Friday 14 March 2008
Guided Tours in Irish
Places are limited to 20. and pre-booking is essential.
(History & Irish: Junior & Senior Cycle)
Tuesday 11 March 2008: 11.30am & 2pm
Talk & Workshop. Irish Poetry
Take this opportunity to go through some of the Irish poetry that is on the leaving cert syllabus with poet and writer Liam Ó Muirthile.
Irish: Leaving Cert)
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)
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
Running until March 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.
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.
Opening in April:
Romantic Stitches and Realist Sketches
An exhibition of knitwear and drawings at the National Museum of Ireland
An exciting new exhibition of knitwear and drawings will open at the National Museum of Ireland – Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo in April.
The Museum exhibition will show a range of early 20th Century Aran knitwear and a series of drawings by Seán Keating RHA which was used to illustrate an early marketing brochure developed by businessman, Pádraig Ó Síocháin in the 1960s & 1970s to promote Aran knitwear worldwide. The exhibition focuses on the unique marketing story of the Aran knitwear as well as highlighting some of the traditions associated with the stitches. Read more about the knitwear exhibition.
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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