PUBLIC PROGRAMME
Friday 20th January: 11.00am - 1.00pm
Drop-in Activity: Come knit with me! Knitting Circle. Adults and children 7yrs+.
Enthusiasts and beginners alike are welcome to join the museum knitters as they share skills, patterns and chat. Starter kits for kids available. No booking required.
Friday 20th January: 3.00 - 4.00pm.
Talk: Power and Privilege (1858 - 1922): The Making of an Exhibition. Adults and children 14yrs+.
Join Elizabeth Kirwan, National Library of Ireland and curator of Power & Privilege: Photographs of the Big House in Ireland, 1858 - 1922 an exhibition now on display in the museum. Hear the background to the exhibition, the stories it tells and gain insight into life in the ‘Big House'. Booking required.
Saturday 21st January: 3.00 - 5.00pm.
Drop-in Activity: Re-awaken the Musician within You. Adults and children 14yrs+.
Tune up, tune in and join the music circle to practice, share and play tunes and songs. No booking required.
Sunday 22nd January: 2.30 - 3.30pm.
Workshop: St. Brigid's Crosses for Good Luck and Protection. Adults and children 7yrs+.
Did you know there is more than one style of St. Brigid's cross? Learn different designs and traditional customs with Tom Doyle. Booking required.
Saturday 28th January: 11.00am - 4.00pm.
Demonstration: Connacht Textile Crafters. All Ages.
Learn a new skill and see demonstrations of wet felting with Susie Sullivan. No booking required.
SCHOOLS PROGRAMME - NEW FOR 2012!
Saturdays: January 14th, 21st & 28th & February 4th & 11th: 10.00am to 1.00pm Figurative Lantern Sculpture with artist Tom Meskell Young Adults 15-18 yrs
See details above. This course is ideal for students preparing an art portfolio or interested in art. Book early as places are limited. Refundable €20 deposit required
Contact the bookings office by 16th December 2011.
Thursday 19th January: 10am - 1pm.
NGI Study Day for LC Art Students.
This session is a revision tool for Leaving Certificate students and teachers using visual examples from the collection of the National Gallery of Ireland. Topics covered include; The Renaissance, Impressionism to Abstraction and Modern Irish Art 1890 - 1960. Make time to view the Bronze Age exhibition ‘Roscommon Gold'. Booking Required
Friday 24th February: 10.00am - 11.30am & 12.00am - 1.30pm.
‘Roscommon Gold' Art Workshop with Lisa Fahy.
Admire the Early Bronze Age gold artefacts that were found in Roscommon. Discover how they were made and make your own masterpiece. Suitable for Junior Cycle. Booking Required
MUSEUM SHOP & CAFÉ OPENING TIMES
Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun:12-5pm (note extended opening times in the shop/café on Sundays). There will be no further Shop/Café Monday openings until May 2012.
TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
Now Open until Summer 2012
Safe Secrets: the Story of the Coggalbeg Hoard.
This important hoard of Early Bronze Age gold was found in a bog at Coggalbeg, Co. Roscommon, in 1945. The lunula and discs were placed in a safe in Sheehan's pharmacy in the nearby town of Strokestown in 1947. In March 2009 a break-in took place at the shop and the pharmacy safe was stolen. This lead to a massive investigation by An Garda Síochána which eventually led to the recovery of the gold in a rubbish skip in Dublin. This exhibition will run until Summer 2012.
Now Open:
Art of History: Watercolours of Irish Town Life in the 1820s by Sampson Towgood Roch (1757-1847)
This exhibition features watercolours of town life in Ireland in the early nineteenth century. They give a rare pictorial insight into everyday Irish life at that time - similar images from the time are very rare. The images are accompanied by artefacts similar to those portrayed in the watercolours themselves. The exhibition is on loan from the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and will run until November 2011.
Straw, Hay and Rushes
You can imagine a mat made from straw. How about sleeping on a straw mattress, horse riding using a saddle made from rushes, making a rain coat from a wheat sheaf or insulating your home with plaited straw draft excluders. This exhibition includes objects made from these natural materials some of which you can experience for yourself. The exhibition is open in the Temporary Exhibition Galleries on level B.
Power and Privilege:
Photographs of the Big House in Ireland 1858-1922
Opening 20th December 2011
Today it is difficult to imagine a world without photographs - it is hard to believe photography is only 160 years old.
MUSEUM SHOP AND CAFE
Tues-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun:12-5pm (note extended opening times in the shop/café on Sundays). There will be no further Shop/Café Monday openings until May 2012.
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 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: 094 928 9972; E-mail: maeve@brambles.ie
