Iúil - Meán Fómhair 2018 July - September 2018 Saorchead Isteach / Admission Free

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1 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair (Stair Mhíleata san áireah) Decorative Arts & History (incl. Military History) Lch. / Pg. 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Lch. / Pg. 7 Iúil - Meán Fóhair 2018 July - Septeber 2018 Saorchead Isteach / Adission Free Stair an Dúlra / Natural History Lch. / Pg. 14 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Lch. / Pg. 18 Eolas Ginearálta / General Inforation Lch. / Pg. 25 Travellers' Journey exhibition at National Museu of Ireland Country Life fro July May Ceardlanna * Léachtaí * Ieachtaí Teaghlaigh * Taispeántais * Léirithe * Cur i Láthair * Turais Workshops * Lectures * Faily Events * Exhibitions * Deonstrations * Perforances * Tours Féach / Check :

2 Dún Uí Choileáin, Sráid na Binne Boirbe, Baile Átha Cliath 7 Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair / Decorative Arts & History Iúil / July haoine 6-30 Meán Fóhair / Fri 6th - Sun 30th Septeber Opening Hours 8 / Sun 8th 2.30p-4.30 p 15 / Sun 15th 3p-4p haoine 27 / Fri 27th 11.30a-1p 28 / Sat 28th 10a-4p 29 / Sun 29th 3p-3.45p Ceardlann / Workshop Six Word Story Can you tell a story in just six words? Visit the Museu during the suer and write a six word story inspired by any of the objects on exhibition and add your story to our special story exhibition at the Museu. Drop-in, no Suer Faily Workshop: Sunday Portraits Join Róisín de Buitléar in a hands-on glass workshop to discover the beauty of glass and learn soe techniques and skills in glass-aking! Open to all ages and aterials are provided. Booking Required. Hands on Design: Sybols of Ireland Explore and learn about soe of the hidden eanings behind the Irish sybols. Join our Museu educators in an exciting drop-in handling session for all ages, using the Museu's collection of objects for handling. No Culture Club: Stories of 19th Century Woen in Soldiers & Chiefs A tour of the Soldiers & Chiefs exhibition, in the copany of Siobhán Pierce, will be a journey through the 19th century as experienced by woen. This tour will explore the objects on display that relate to the lives of Irish woen between the 1840s and 1914 and will exaine soe stories of woen who lived in Dublin 7 at that tie. Booking Required. Geology for Beginners Drop in to learn ore about how geologists work! Join staff and volunteers fro the Natural History Museu who'll explain all about Ireland's rocks and visit the teporary exhibition, Stones, Slabs and Seascapes displaying watercolours by George Victor Du Noyer who taught hiself geology with soe help fro his friends. No Public Tour: Proclaiing a Republic Join a faily friendly public tour of Proclaiing a Republic: The 1916 Rising exhibition. Explore soe of the highlights of the Museu's extensive Easter Week collection. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Soldiers, saints and fashion plates, uncover the stories behind the objects at Collins Barracks. Discover all about glass in a faily Workshop with artist Róisín De Buitléar on Sunday 8th July. Join a suer guided tour of the useu every Wednesday and Saturday in August. See the artwork of George Victor du Noyer and learn about the links between arts and sciences. Féach / Check : 2

3 Dún Uí Choileáin, Sráid na Binne Boirbe, Baile Átha Cliath 7 Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair / Decorative Arts & History Lúnasa / August Céadaoin 1 / Wed 1st 1p-1.45p 4 / Sat 4th 1p-1.45p Céadaoin 8 / Wed 8th 1p-1.45p ardaoin 9 / Thu 9th 1p-2p 11 / Sat 11th 11a-12p 11 / Sat 11th 1p-1.45p 12 / Sun 12th 3p-4p Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Caint / Talk Eileen Gray - her work and her world Celebrate the 140th anniversary of the birth of designer Eileen Gray, with Dr Jennifer Goff, Curator Eileen Gray exhibition and author of Eileen Gray: Her Work and Her World,in a lunchtie lecture, focusing on how Gray's life and work has influenced future generations in design and architecture. Drop in, no Curator's Tour: Eileen Gray 140 Join curator Dr. Jennifer Goff for a special 140th Birthday tour of the Eileen Gray exhibition. Booking required. Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Hands on History: Dress to Ipress Join our Museu educators in an exciting drop-in handling session for all ages, a chance to explore the clothing and outfits fro the useus collection of objects for handling and try soe on for size. No Soldiers, saints and fashion plates, uncover the stories behind the objects at Collins Barracks. Discover all about glass in a faily Workshop with artist Róisín De Buitléar on Sunday 8th July. Join a suer guided tour of the useu every Wednesday and Saturday in August. See the artwork of George Victor du Noyer and learn about the links between arts and sciences. Féach / Check : 3

4 Dún Uí Choileáin, Sráid na Binne Boirbe, Baile Átha Cliath 7 Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair / Decorative Arts & History Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) Céadaoin 15 / Wed 15th 1p-1.45p 18 / Sat 18th 1p-1.45p 18 / Sat 18th 2.30p-3.30 p 19 / Sun 19th 2p-4.30p Céadaoin 22 / Wed 22nd 1p-1.45p ardaoin 23 / Thu 23rd 2.30p-4p haoine 24 / Fri 24th 1p-2p 25 / Sat 25th 1p-1.45p Caint / Talk Caint / Talk Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Stories fro the Archives Join historian and forer Keeper, Michael Kenny to hear soe of the surprising and unusual stories he has discovered through his research of the 1916 Military Archive Witness Stateents. No booking required. Grow Your Story Bring Clarke Square to life with chalk stories and pictures. Add your faily story to our big picture tree with artist Claire Halpin. All. Drop-in, no Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Tour the Conservation Studios Get behind the scenes at the Museu and take a tour of the conservation studios. A great opportunity to see the work behind the scenes at the Museu, and eet Museu conservators. Booking Required Shared History - Shared Stories See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No 12+ & Children 12+ Soldiers, saints and fashion plates, uncover the stories behind the objects at Collins Barracks. Discover all about glass in a faily Workshop with artist Róisín De Buitléar on Sunday 8th July. Join a suer guided tour of the useu every Wednesday and Saturday in August. See the artwork of George Victor du Noyer and learn about the links between arts and sciences. Tá saorchead isteach chuig na booking hieachtaí required. go léir agus cuirtear tús leo ag an bhfáiltiú, ura gcuirfear a halairt in iúl. Soláthrófar ábhar Féach / Check : 4

5 Dún Uí Choileáin, Sráid na Binne Boirbe, Baile Átha Cliath 7 Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair / Decorative Arts & History Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) 26 / Sun 26th 3p-3.45p Céadaoin 29 / Wed 29th 1p-1.45p haoine 31 / Fri 31st 11.30a-1p Meán Fóhair / Septeber 9 / Sun 9th 3p-3.45p haoine 21 / Fri 21st Check Website for details 22 / Sat 22nd 10a-4p Caint / Talk Public Tour: Recovered Voices Join a public tour of Recovered Voices exploring the experience of Irish en and woen during World War I. No booking required, places allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Suer Public Tour See the highlights of Collins Barracks and the Museu's Decorative Arts & History collections every Wednesday and Saturday for the onth of August! Tour costs 2.50 euro per person, tickets can be purchased on the day at the Museu shop. No Culture Club: Silver in Georgian Ireland A talk by Dr. Alison FitzGerald that explores the aking and selling of silverware in Georgian Ireland. The tour will exaine what these objects eant to those who bought,sold and coveted the during that period and will investigate how changing fashions in dress, dining and elite sociability influenced the types of silver objects that were in deand. Booking Required. Hands on History: The Eergency Join our Museu educators in an exciting drop-in handling session for all ages, arking 79 years since the outbreak of WW2. Explore original and replica objects fro the Museu's collection of objects for handling fro the period and discover what life was like in Ireland during the Eergency. No booking required. Culture Night: Open Studio Discover where all the agic happens by visiting artist-in-residence Róisín de Buitléar's studio onsite at Collins Barracks. No booking Required. George Victor Du Noyer - Scientist and Artist Join us for a day of talks and deonstrations, covering the life and work of George Victor Du Noyer, the artists whose works are on display in the teporary exhibition Stones, Slabs, and Seascapes until 30th Septeber. The day will include deonstrations fro conteporary artists showing the wide variety of illustration techniques practised by Du Noyer over a century ago. Booking Required. 12+ & Children 12+ Soldiers, saints and fashion plates, uncover the stories behind the objects at Collins Barracks. Discover all about glass in a faily Workshop with artist Róisín De Buitléar on Sunday 8th July. Join a suer guided tour of the useu every Wednesday and Saturday in August. See the artwork of George Victor du Noyer and learn about the links between arts and sciences. Féach / Check : 5

6 Dún Uí Choileáin, Sráid na Binne Boirbe, Baile Átha Cliath 7 Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair / Decorative Arts & History Meán Fóhair / Septeber (ar aghaidh / continued) haoine 28 / Fri 28th 11.30a-1p 30 / Sun 30th 3p-3.45p Culture Club: Leabhar na haiséirghe Culture Club returns to the Proclaiing a Republic exhibition, but this tie in the copany of curator Sandra Heise to hear the fascinating story of 'Leabhar na haiséirghe', 'Book of the Resurrection', which was created by the artist Art Ó Murnaghan between 1924 and Booking Required. Public Tour: Bonnets, Bandoliers and Ballot Papers Join for a public tour looking at the changing roles of woen at the turn of the 20th Century, through the Way We Wore and Proclaiing a Republic exhibitions. No booking required, places allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. 7+ & Children 7+ Soldiers, saints and fashion plates, uncover the stories behind the objects at Collins Barracks. Discover all about glass in a faily Workshop with artist Róisín De Buitléar on Sunday 8th July. Join a suer guided tour of the useu every Wednesday and Saturday in August. See the artwork of George Victor du Noyer and learn about the links between arts and sciences. Féach / Check : 6

7 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Iúil / July 7 / Sat 7th p Céadaoin 11 / Wed 11th p 14 / Sat 14th p Céadaoin 18 / Wed 18th p haoine 20 / Fri 20th p 21 / Sat 21st p Precious Gifts and Where to Find The! Archaeologists often find precious objects under the ground. Is everything found at the sae depth? Call into the useu to find out! Create a special bookark, decorate it with precious objects and decide if they should be close to the surface, or deep underground. No Located in the Kildare Roo, Ground Floor.Wheelchair Suer Sun Discs! In Early Bronze Age Ireland, people ade beautiful gold discs that looked like the sun. Drop in to find out ore about these precious objects and ake your own shining sun disc! No Located in Learning Resource Roo, First Floor. Not wheelchair How to Catch your Dinner! the Stone Age in Ireland, people had to go exploring to find their dinner. Take a look at our prehistoric handling collection and see if you can figure out how each of the objects were used by people to hunt, collect and fish for their dinner! No Located in the Kildare Roo, Ground Floor.Wheelchair Prehistory Mysteries - Huans and the Natural World Pop in and have a chat with our Museu Educators who will have an array of replica artefacts and raw aterials which you can pick up and exaine. Discover how huans cleverly used antler, wood, and clay in centuries past - long before there was plastic! No Located in the Prehistoric Ireland exhibition, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Tour: The Bog Bodies Join this tour to exaine Iron Age finds fro Ireland's wetlands including bog butter and learn about the discovery of the 2,000-year-old bog bodies which are of international scientific significance. No Places allocated on a first coe basis, eet at Reception. Wheelchair Megalithic Big Draw! Take part in our Big Draw and decorate our giant paper with egalithic and cave art at the Museu! Learn all about the different designs used by people in the Stone Age to decorate prehistoric tobs in Ireland and create your own hand-print cave art. No Located in the Learning Resource Roo, First Floor. Not wheelchair with children 6+ / with children 6+ with children 6+ / with children 6+ with children 8+ / with children 8+ Aois 14+ / 14+ Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 7

8 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Iúil / July (ar aghaidh / continued) Céadaoin 25 / Wed 25th p 28 / Sat 28th p 29 / Sun 29th p Lúnasa / August Céadaoin 1 / Wed 1st p 4 / Sat 4th p Prehistory Mysteries - Precious Pots Pop in and have a chat with our Museu Educators who will have soe beautiful exaples of replica pots fro the Stone and Bronze. Handle the replica pots, ask our educators questions and discover how people in the past achieved beautiful decoration and incredible shapes using their bare hands and even their fingernails! No booking required. Located in the Prehistoric Ireland exhibition, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Meet the Flint- Stones! Did you know that you can use flint stone not only to catch, but also to cook your dinner?! Drop into the Kildare Roo to find out why flint was so iportant to people living in Stone Age Ireland. Meet archaeologist Dave O'Reilly to handle aazing replica stone tools and weapons to learn ore about all the ways that people living in Ireland thousands of years ago used stone to their advantage. No Located in the Kildare Roo, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Treasures of the National Museu Tour Take a tour of the iconic treasures in the National Museu, including the 'Tara' Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No Places allocated on a first coe basis. Wheelchair Aois 7+ / 7+ Treasures of the Bog Trail Aois 8+ / Bogs are fascinating places for archaeologists. Take 8+ our Treasures of the Bog trail to learn ore about the unusual artefacts found in bogs - fro butter, to books and even an entire boat! Uncover the secrets of Ireland's wetlands then ake a bog treasure arlet of your own to take hoe. No booking required. Located in Kildare Roo Ground Floor. Wheelchair accessible Prehistory Mysteries - Huans and the Natural World Pop in and have a chat with our Museu Educators who will have an array of replica artefacts and raw aterials which you can pick up and exaine. Discover how huans cleverly used antler, wood, and clay in centuries past - long before there was plastic! No Located in the Prehistoric Ireland exhibition, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 8

9 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) Céadaoin 8 / Wed 8th p haoine 10 / Fri 10th a 11 / Sat 11th p Céadaoin 15 / Wed 15th p 18 / Sat 18th p Aazing Aber! Aber is aazing. People used this beautiful aterial in the Bronze Age, in Early Christian Ireland and even in Viking Dublin. Drop-in to the Museu to uncover the ystery of where all this aber cae fro, handle soe real 33-illion-year old aber, then ake your own arbled beads fro air dough to take hoe! No Located in Learning Resource Roo, First Floor. Not wheelchair accessible Treasures of the National Museu Tour Take a tour of the iconic treasures in the National Museu, including the 'Tara' Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No Places allocated on a first coe basis. Wheelchair Aois 7+ / 7+ Meet the Flint-Stones! Did you know that you can use flint stone not only to catch, but also to cook your dinner?! Drop into the Kildare Roo to find out why flint was so iportant to people living in Stone Age Ireland. Meet archaeologist Dave O'Reilly to handle aazing replica stone tools and weapons to learn ore about all the ways that people living in Ireland thousands of years ago used stone to their advantage. No Located in the Kildare Roo. Wheelchair Prehistory Mysteries - Precious Pots Pop in and have a chat with our Museu Educators who will have soe beautiful exaples of replica pots fro the Stone and Bronze. Handle the replica pots, ask our educators questions and discover how people in the past achieved beautiful decoration and incredible shapes using their bare hands and even their fingernails! No booking required. Located in the Prehistoric Ireland exhibition, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Heritage Week Story Trail: The Myths and Legends of Ireland Go on a Story Trail of the Museu to learn about the yths and legends of Ireland including 'The Salon of Knowledge' and 'The Táin Bó Cúailgne'. Discover how soe of Ireland's archaeological artefacts feature in Ireland's ancient stories. Collect your trail at Reception, fill it out and ake sure to bring it back if you would like to be in with a chance to win a special prize! No Meet at Reception. Partially wheelchair accessible Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 9

10 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) / Sat 18th - Sun 26th opening hours 19 / Sun 19th p Céadaoin 22 / Wed 22nd p ardaoin 23 / Thu 23rd a Heritage Week Story Trail : The Myths and Legends of Ireland Go on a Story Trail of the Museu to learn about the yths and legends of Ireland including 'The Salon of Knowledge' and 'The Táin Bó Cúailgne'. Discover how soe of Ireland's archaeological artefacts feature in Ireland's ancient stories. Collect your trail at Reception, fill it out and ake sure to bring it back if you would like to be in with a chance to win a special prize! No Meet at Reception. Partially wheelchair Heritage Week Tour: Woen in Viking and Medieval Ireland. Take this special tour of the Museu to discover what the artefacts in the National Museu of Archaeology can reveal to us about the lives of woen fro Early Christian to Later Medieval Ireland. Irish Sign Language interpretation will be provided for this tour. Booking required, please eail educationarch@useu.ie or call Not wheelchair Heritage Week : Brilliant Brooches! There are soe beautiful brooches to be seen at the National Museu of Ireland, fro the faous 'Tara' Brooch of Early Christian Ireland, to brooches worn by Viking woen, and even brooches given to show love in Medieval ties. But what stories can these brooches tell about the people who ade and used the? Find out by popping into the Museu and then ake your own brooch to take hoe! No Located in the Learning Resource Roo, First Floor. Not wheelchair Heritage Week Tour: Treasures of the National Museu Learn how archaeology can help uncover the stories behind the anufacture, use and discovery of the iconic treasures in the National Museu, including the 'Tara' Brooch and the Ardagh Chalice. No Places allocated on a first coe basis. Wheelchair ages 6+ / ages 6+ Aois 7+ / 7+ Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 10

11 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) haoine 24 / Fri 24th p 25 / Sat 25th p Ceardlann / Workshop Meán Fóhair / Septeber haoine 14 / Fri 14th 11.30a p Heritage Week : Viking Needle Binding Workshop Meet Ellen Hagen fro the Museu of Archaeology at the University of Stavanger, Norway to discover the history and technique of 'Nålbindning' or needle binding. The Vikings used this ancient technique in the fabrication of their clothes. Ellen will give a unique one-hour workshop with an introduction of the history of needle binding, then deonstrate and teach the technique. Book a place on the workshop to learn ore about this fascinating craft! Booking required, please eail educationarch@useu.ie or call Located in the Kildare Roo, Ground Floor. Wheelchair Heritage Week: Treasures of the Bog Trail! Bogs are fascinating places for archaeologists. Take our Treasures of the Bog trail to learn ore about the unusual artefacts found in bogs, fro butter, to books and even an entire boat! Uncover the secrets of Ireland's wetlands then ake a bog arlet treasure of your own to take hoe. No Located in Kildare Roo Ground Floor. Wheelchair Dublin's Culture Connects: Ardagh 150th Anniversary Tour To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the finding of the Ardagh Chalice, join this special tour of Treasury Exhibition exploring one of Ireland's ost faous and iconic objects. Learn about the people of Early Medieval Ireland, the influence of the coing of Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century and how the Ardagh Chalice, aong other fine etal objects, were ade and designed. Booking required, please eail educationarch@useu.ie or call Wheelchair Aois 8+ / 8+ Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 11

12 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Meán Fóhair / Septeber (ar aghaidh / continued) 15 / Sat 15th p haoine 21 / Fri 21st p 23 / Sun 23rd p haoine 28 / Fri 28th p Cur i Láthair / Perforance The Life and Work of Margaret Stokes, Antiquarian and Artist Margaret McNair Stokes was one of the leading feale antiquarians of 19th century Ireland. She wrote extensively on the Early Christian art of Ireland, exaining soe of the ost iconic objects now housed in the National Museu of Ireland, Archaeology, such as the Ardagh Chalice, 'Tara' Brooch and Cross of Cong. Take this special tour of the Museu to explore the life and work of Margaret Stokes through the objects she studied and drew. Booking required, please eail educationarch@useu.ie or call Meet at Reception. Not wheelchair Culture Night Event: "Gold Air and the Blue" Our title is taken fro the 1906 poe 'Woen's Rights' by Eva Gore-Booth. Diverse voices of woen poets are at the heart of this special Culture Night celebration. Leading conteporary poets will ark the centenary of woen's suffrage in Ireland and the rest of the world. Against the backdrop of this struggle, these poets will explore the role of woen in today's changing world. This event will take place in the Seanad Chaber and has been organised in collaboration with the Houses of the Oireachtas and Poetry Ireland. Booking essential, please eail educationarch@useu.ie or call Aazing Aber! Aber is aazing. People used this beautiful aterial in the Bronze Age, in Early Christian Ireland and even in Viking Dublin. Drop-in to the Museu to uncover the ystery of where all this aber cae fro, handle soe 33-illion-year old real aber then ake your own arbled beads fro air dough to take hoe! No Located in the Kildare Roo, Ground Floor. Wheelchair accessible Woen in Viking and Medieval Ireland Tour Discover what the artefacts in the Museu of Archaeology reveal to us about the lives of woen fro Early Christian to Later Medieval Ireland. No booking required, places allocated on a first coe basis. Not wheelchair Aois 14+ / 14+ Aois 14+ / 14+ Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 12

13 Sráid Chill Dara, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Seandálaíocht / Archaeology Meán Fóhair / Septeber (ar aghaidh / continued) 29 / Sat 29th p Ardagh 150th Anniversary Tour To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the finding of the Ardagh Chalice, join this special tour of thetreasury Exhibition exploring one of Ireland's ost faous and iconic objects. Learn about the people of early edieval Ireland, the influence of the coing of Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century and how the Ardagh Chalice, aong other fine etal objects, were ade and designed. No booking required, places allocated on a first coe basis, eet at Reception. Wheelchair Aois 7+ / 7+ Explore the history of the Vikings, Egyptians, Roans and Cypriots at Kildare St. Handle replica Stone Age tools and weapons with archaeologist Dave O'Reilly. Discover the art of Viking needle binding with Ellen Hagen. Create your own prehistoric art in our Megalithic Big draw! Féach / Check : 13

14 Sráid Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Stair an Dúlra / Natural History Iúil / July 1 - Máirt 31 / Sun 1st - Tue 31st Opening Hours ardaoin 5 / Thu 5th 11a-1p Céadaoin 11 / Wed 11th 11:30a-1:3 0p ardaoin 12 / Thu 12th 11a-1p 14 / Sat 14th 12p & 2p ardaoin 19 / Thu 19th 11a-1p Seasonal Activity Sheet- Suer Sun! For soe anials it is war all year long, depending on where they live - follow the Suer Sun trail to find out ore! Copies of this activity sheet trail are available in the Reception Area and in the Irish Roo. Don't forget your pencil! Partially wheelchair Inspectoriu: Teeth and Tusks Do you know your teeth fro your tusks? What are the different types of teeth that huans and anials share? Drop into the Discovery Zone to learn about this and ore! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Can I get the bill please? with Jaie Durrant Why do birds have different shaped beaks? Learn about the aazing adaptations of birds' beaks and get to touch real skulls, bones and feathers during this drop-in activity, with bird expert Jaie Durrant. No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Not wheelchair Inspectoriu: What's for dinner? Do chipanzees only eat bananas? Peek inside the ouths of different anials and atch their skulls to the different foods that they eat, during this dropin activity! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair The Dead Zoo Tour Join Educator, Sarah Sarsfield for an introductory tour of the galleries and catch highlights fro the 10,000 speciens on display at the Dead Zoo. Learn about the anial with the largest antlers in the world and hear the infaous story of how we got our polar bear. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Not wheelchair Inspectoriu: Catch e if you can! Soe anials hide to conceal theselves fro predators and others hide to sneak up on their prey. this drop-in session at the Discovery Zone, find the anial that is hiding in its environent! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Aois 8+ / 8+ Natural History Museu, now fully accessible at ground floor level. Learn about hupback whales with IWDG. Photo Padraig Whooley. Discover the art of falconry! Photo Klaus Leix Check out the range of free faily events this suer at the Discovery Zone. Féach / Check : 14

15 Sráid Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Stair an Dúlra / Natural History Iúil / July (ar aghaidh / continued) 21 / Sat 21st 11a-1p ardaoin 26 / Thu 26th 11a-12p 28 / Sat 28th 12p & 2p Lúnasa / August Céadaoin 1 - haoine 31 / Wed 1st - Fri 31st Opening Hours Céadaoin 1 / Wed 1st 11a-1p Irish Woen in Science: Maude and the Jellyfish What does a baby jellyfish look like and why was Irishwoan, Maude Delap, keeping the in her house over 100 years ago? To celebrate her pioneering scientific work, drop into the Discovery Zone at the Museu to learn ore about Maude and her hoeade aquariu. No booking required but there ay be a short waiting period during busy ties. Wheelchair Inspectoriu: Looking Back It is not easy for fossils to for. It is a little like Goldilocks; conditions have to be just right! Dropinto the Discovery Zone for this hands-on session, learn ore about how fossils for and touch real ancient fossil creatures that lived over 400 illion years ago! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair The Dead Zoo Tour Join Educator, Sarah Sarsfield, for an introductory tour of the galleries and catch highlights fro the 10,000 speciens on display at the Dead Zoo. Learn about the anial with the largest antlers in the world and hear the infaous story of how we got our polar bear. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Not wheelchair Seasonal Activity Sheet- Busy Bees! Autun is a busy season with nature getting ready for the approaching winter. Drop into the useu and follow the busy bees with our Autun Activity Trail Copies of this activity sheet trail are available in the Reception Area and in the Irish Roo. Don't forget your pencil! Wheelchair The Secret Life of Whales & Dolphins with IWDG Drop into the Discovery Zone and find out about whales and dolphins with the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. See soe whale baleen and skulls, and find out how these underwater aals feed and counicate. No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Aois 8+ / 8+ Aois 8+ / 8+ Natural History Museu, now fully accessible at ground floor level. Learn about hupback whales with IWDG. Photo Padraig Whooley. Discover the art of falconry! Photo Klaus Leix Check out the range of free faily events this suer at the Discovery Zone. Féach / Check : 15

16 Sráid Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Stair an Dúlra / Natural History Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) ardaoin 2 / Thu 2nd 11a-1p ardaoin 9 / Thu 9th 11a-1p ardaoin 9 / Thu 9th 3:30p 11 / Sat 11th 12p & 2p ardaoin 16 / Thu 16th 11a-1p 18 / Sat 18th 12p & 2p Inspectoriu: What's for dinner? Do chipanzees only eat bananas? Peek inside the ouths of different anials and atch their skulls to the different foods that they eat, during this dropin activity! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Inspectoriu: Catch e if you can! Soe anials hide to conceal theselves fro predators and others hide to sneak up on their prey. this drop-in session at the Discovery Zone, find the anial that is hiding in its environent! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair The Meg and other Creatures of the Deep! What creatures of the deep live in Irish waters today? Join Educator, Geraldine Breen, for a special tour to celebrate the extinct Megalodon, the largest shark of the all, during this tour of the Irish Roo. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Wheelchair The Dead Zoo Tour Join Educator, Sarah Sarsfield, for an introductory tour of the galleries and catch highlights fro the 10,000 speciens on display at the Dead Zoo. Learn about the anial with the largest antlers in the world and hear the infaous story of how we got our polar bear. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Not wheelchair Irish Woen in Science: Maude and the Jellyfish What does a baby jellyfish look like and why was Irishwoan, Maude Delap, keeping the in her house over 100 years ago? To celebrate her pioneering scientific work, drop into the Discovery Zone at the Museu to learn ore about Maude and her hoeade aquariu. No booking required but there ay be a short waiting period during busy ties. Wheelchair Heritage Week: Sharing Stories at the Dead Zoo What anial on display has plastic horns and who has the largest antlers in the world? Join zoologist, Sarah Sarsfield, on a tour of stories fro the Dead Zoo. No booking required, places liited and allocated on a first-coe basis 15 inutes before tour starts. Not wheelchair Aois 8+ / 8+ Aois 8+ / 8+ Aois 8+ / 8+ Aois 8+ / 8+ Natural History Museu, now fully accessible at ground floor level. Learn about hupback whales with IWDG. Photo Padraig Whooley. Discover the art of falconry! Photo Klaus Leix Check out the range of free faily events this suer at the Discovery Zone. Féach / Check : 16

17 Sráid Mhuirfean, Baile Átha Cliath 2 Merrion Street, Dublin 2 Stair an Dúlra / Natural History Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) Máirt 21 / Tue 21st 11a & 12p Céadaoin 22 / Wed 22nd 11a-1p ardaoin 23 / Thu 23rd 12:30p Caint / Talk Caint / Talk Meán Fóhair / Septeber 1-30 / Sat 1st - Sun 30th Opening Hours 8 / Sat 8th 11a-1p haoine 21 / Fri 21st 6p-8p Heritage Week: African Stories & Tails Join Storyteller, Adekunle Goez, fro the African Cultural Project and Africa Institute in Ireland and discover where stories coe fro, including the tails of a onkey, elephant and sea turtle! Pre-booking essential. Please book by contacting educationnh@useu.ie or calling Not wheelchair Heritage Week: The King and the Arctic Fox What was a king doing in the Museu in 1913 and what did the Arctic Fox find during his ission in 1851? this hands-on session, discover the stories behind two of the largest carnivores on display. No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Not wheelchair Pop-up Chat: What is Falconry? Meet Ellen Hagen fro the Museu of Archaeology at the University of Stavanger, Norway for a quick chat in the Irish Roo about Falconry; the history with ephasis on the Vikings, the technique and the story of Farah the saker falcon. No booking required. This talk will be 20 inutes long and based in the Irish Roo beside the bird of prey cabinet. Wheelchair Seasonal Activity Sheet- Busy Bees! Autun is a busy season with nature getting ready for the approaching winter. Drop into the useu and follow the busy bees with our Autun Activity Trail Copies of this activity sheet trail are available in the Reception Area and in the Irish Roo. Don't forget your pencil! Wheelchair Ultiate Predators: Lions Versus Tigers Are you tea lion or tea tiger? Drop-into the Discovery Zone and copare the skulls of two large carnivores to investigate who would win in a fight between these ultiate predators! No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Culture Night: Curious Creatures at the Dead Zoo Drop into the Discovery Zone to learn about curious creatures fro South Aerica, eet Museu Educators and touch skulls fro the handling collection. This event is in collaboration with the National Gallery of Ireland's exhibition, Curious Creatures: Franz Post and Brazil. No booking required but there ay be short waiting tie. Wheelchair Aois 8+ / & Children 7+ Natural History Museu, now fully accessible at ground floor level. Learn about hupback whales with IWDG. Photo Padraig Whooley. Discover the art of falconry! Photo Klaus Leix Check out the range of free faily events this suer at the Discovery Zone. Féach / Check : 17

18 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Iúil / July 1 - Máirt 31 / Sun 1st - Tue 31st Online & during opening hours 1 - Máirt 31 / Sun 1st - Tue 31st opening hours 1 - Máirt 31 / Sun 1st - Tue 31st opening hours haoine 6 / Fri 6th 11a - 1p 14 / Sat 14th 11:30a - 1p haoine 20 / Fri 20th 11a - 1p Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Celebrating 'Our Irish Woen' In 1918, the right to vote was extended to include woen over 30. To coeorate this centenary and the vital contribution of woen to Irish life and society, we are seeking inforation on Irish woen that have ade a difference to YOUR counity or locality. One woan will be chosen to feature in the Our Irish Woen exhibition, opening at the National Museu of Ireland - Country Life in October. For ore inforation visit Travellers' Journey Travellers' Journey will explore the rich culture, traditions and crafts of the west of Ireland Traveller counity. This exhibition ais to encourage discussion and appreciation of the unique heritage and ethnicity of Travellers. This teporary exhibition is co-curated with the Western Regional Traveller Health Network. National Treasures - The Exhibition An exhibition of ordinary little objects with big stories to tell, based on the RTÉ television prograe National Treasures - A Peoples' Archive. Exploring aspects of the social history of the four provinces of Ireland over the last 100 years, the objects in the exhibition were crowdsourced fro the public through social edia and a series of roadshows. In association with RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). Until 31st August Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the Museu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No Mayo Genealogy Group If you have an interest in finding out about your faily history coe along and eet the Mayo Genealogy Group for free practical tips. New researchers welcoe. No Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the Museu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No 7+ & Children & Children 7+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 18

19 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Iúil / July (ar aghaidh / continued) 21 / Sat 21st 2p - 3p 22 / Sun 22nd 2:30p - 4:30p Céadaoin 25 / Wed 25th 10a - 4p ardaoin 26 / Thu 26th 10a - 4p 28 / Sat 28th 2-3p 28 / Sat 28th 3:30p - 4:30p Caint / Talk Ceardlann / Workshop Ceardlann / Workshop Caint / Talk Caint / Talk Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Nostalgia, Meory and Debris Join Enda O'Flaherty as he exaines the social and historical significance of abandoned schoolhouses found scattered across the rural Irish landscape. Discover how his research and online resources have helped to highlight the plight of these buildings. Booking required. Museu Writers Group Why not rejuvenate your winter Sunday afternoons with soe creative writing. Use your experience as the ink of your life, and the artefacts at the Museu and dig up the poet and scribe buried deep within. Our group is for learning, listening and growing and aybe in tie a little perforing. No booking required. Suer Bloos with Shevaun Doherty Day 1 Join award-winning botanical artist, Shevaun Doherty for a one day workshop on painting flowers in watercolour. Learn soe of the basics of colour atching and layering to create ore real and vibrant petals and the iportance of light and shadow. 30 per person. Beginners and iprovers welcoe. Booking required. Suer Bloos with Shevaun Doherty Day 2 See above for details. Uncovering the Ordinary Experience of Extraordinary Ties In this talk, National Treasures curator Dr Richard McElligott, will explore the concept behind the National Treasures project and exhibition and will discuss soe of his own favourite ites which were donated by the public and which illuinate the ordinary persons experience of the violent years surrounding the eergence of the independent Free State and the political partition of this island. Booking required. 'The Eotions and Rhyths of Irish life' Join National Treasures curator Roisín Higgins for a talk about how objects store eories and eotions that tell the stories of our lives. A little picture box ade in a TB sanatoriu, a Crolly doll or a First World War bullet are personal keepsakes that reveal the history of Ireland in all its variety. Through these objects and ore Roisín discusses what we have learnt fro the National Treasures project.booking required. 12+ & Children & Children 12+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 19

20 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Iúil / July (ar aghaidh / continued) 28 / Sat 28th 11:30a - 3p Lúnasa / August Céadaoin 1 - haoine 31 / Wed 1st - Fri 31st opening hours Céadaoin 1 - haoine 31 / Wed 1st - Fri 31st opening hours Céadaoin 1 - haoine 31 / Wed 1st - Fri 31st opeing hours haoine 3 / Fri 3rd 11a - 1p 11 / Sat 11th 11:30a - 1p Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Connacht Textile Crafters The Connacht Textile Crafters (CTC) return for their bi-onthly eeting. Why not pop in and see the wide range of traditional and teporary crafting techniques deonstrated by the talented CTC ebers. Learn about "knitting in the round" and ore. No Travellers' Journey Travellers' Journey will explore the rich culture, traditions and crafts of the west of Ireland Traveller counity. This exhibition ais to encourage discussion and appreciation of the unique heritage and ethnicity of Travellers. This teporary exhibition is co-curated with the Western Regional Traveller Health Network. On Sight OnSight is our annual counity arts project in collaboration with Mayo County Arts Office coprising an installation or installations in the grounds of Turlough Park House each suer. This year, the project explores aspects of the feale experience in Ireland over the last one hundred years, celebrating the anniversary of the achieveent of woen's suffrage in National Treasures - The Exhibition An exhibition of ordinary little objects with big stories to tell, based on the RTÉ television prograe National Treasures - A Peoples' Archive. Exploring aspects of the social history of the four provinces of Ireland over the last 100 years, the objects in the exhibition were crowdsourced fro the public through social edia and a series of roadshows. In association with RTÉ and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). Until 31st August Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the useu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No Mayo Genealogy Group If you have an interest in finding out about your faily history coe along and eet the Mayo Genealogy Group for free practical tips. New researchers welcoe. No 7+ & Children 7+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 20

21 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Lúnasa / August (ar aghaidh / continued) Céadaoin 15 / Wed 15th 11:30a - 1p & 2p -3:30p haoine 17 / Fri 17th 11a - 1p 18 / Sat 18th 2p- 3p 18 / Sat 18th 3:30p - 4:30p Céadaoin 22 / Wed 22nd 10:30a - 4p Gníohaíocht do pháistí / Junior Activity Caint / Talk Caint / Talk Meán Fóhair / Septeber 1-30 / Sat 1st - Sun 30th opening hours Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Harvest Stories with Carel Balfe Join artist and puppeteer Carel Balfe to investigate the harvest, the different jobs that had to be done and the different people and anials who did the. Then iagine and create your own characters and their stories based around this special tie of year. Booking required. Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the Museu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No National Treasures: Designed Objects as Social History Designed objects are literally ideas in physical for; alost everything we use or coe in contact with has been designed. Join National Treasures curator Linda King as she exaines soe of the exhibitions everyday objects and the circustances surrounding their aking, to gain insight into the interests of a society at any particular oent in history. Booking required. Fashion Talk! National Treasures curator Ruth Griffin will talk through how fashion objects and fashion history is a lost aspect of our culture and how the objects and stories gathered for National Treasures can give us a unique and fascinating angle on Irish history. Booking required. Heritage Week: Meath Travellers Workshops Ltd Meath Travellers Workshops Ltd re-create a real life picture of Traveller life in the 1950's; Coe along to see a fully restored Barrel Top Wagon, a traditional tent, a flat cart, working tin-sith, storytelling Traveller woan and of course, a cap-fire. No Travellers' Journey Travellers' Journey will explore the rich culture, traditions and crafts of the west of Ireland Traveller counity. This exhibition ais to encourage discussion and appreciation of the unique heritage and ethnicity of Travellers. This teporary exhibition is co-curated with the Western Regional Traveller Health Network. Adults with children 4-7 with children & Children & Children & Children 12+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 21

22 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Meán Fóhair / Septeber (ar aghaidh / continued) 1-30 / Sat 1st - Sun 30th opening hours 1-30 / Sat 1st - Sun 30th opening hours haoine 7 / Fri 7th 11a - 1p 8 / Sat 8th 11:30a - 1p 9 / Sun 9th 2:30p -4:40p Máirt 11 / Tue 11th 7p-8p Máirt / Tue 11th - Sun 30th Online Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition Caint / Talk Taispeántas Sealadach / Teporary Exhibition OnSight OnSight is the annual counity arts project run in collaboration with Mayo County Arts Office that coprises an installation or installations in the grounds of Turlough Park House each suer. This year, the project explores aspects of the feale experience in Ireland over the last one hundred years, celebrating the anniversary of the achieveent of woen's suffrage in The Eney Within - the Spanish Flu in Ireland This teporary exhibition explores the folk edicines and rudientary cures used by the public to cobat the flu epideic. It will be on Level A in the Museu of Country Life fro 11 Septeber 2018 to April Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the useu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No Mayo Genealogy Group If you have an interest in finding out about your faily history coe along and eet the Mayo Genealogy Group for free practical tips. New researchers welcoe. No Museu Writers Group Why not rejuvenate your winter Sunday afternoons with soe creative writing. Use your experience as the ink of your life, and the artefacts at the Museu and dig up the poet and scribe buried deep within. Our group is for learning, listening and growing and aybe in tie a little perforing. No booking required. The Eney Within - the Spanish Flu in County Mayo Join Curator Noel Capbell for an illustrated talk detailing the local stories of personal loss and public service breakdown brought by the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in County Mayo. Booking required. The Eney Within - the Spanish Flu: Online Archive The National Museu of Ireland is looking for inforation relating to the devastating Spanish Flu epideic. We invite you to visit the NMI's local history website to find out ore, and to contribute your local or faily stories of the Spanish Flu. Browse the interactive ap of Ireland to find stories fro your area. 7+ & Children 7+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 22

23 Saol na Tuaithe / Country Life Páirc an Turlaigh, Caisleán an Bharraigh, Co. Mhaigh Eo Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo Meán Fóhair / Septeber (ar aghaidh / continued) haoine 21 / Fri 21st 11a - 1p haoine 21 / Fri 21st 7p - 9p 22 / Sat 22nd 2p-3p 22 / Sat 22nd 11:30a - 3p Caint / Talk Léiriú / Deonstration Knitting & Crochet Circle: Suer Knits Join the useu knitters this suer and work on your knitting and crochet skills. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Exchange ideas and tips. Learn a new skill for life. Beginners welcoe. No Culture Night Celebrate Culture Night at the Museu. Check for events on the night. No Can Cant: Exploring the Irish Traveller Language. Join Oein DeBhairduin for a talk exploring the Irish Traveller/ Minceir language, its possible origins, its use within the odern context and its future. Booking required. Connacht Textile Crafters The Connacht Textile Crafters (CTC) return for their bi-onthly eeting. Why not pop in and see the wide range of traditional and teporary crafting techniques deonstrated by the talented CTC ebers. Learn about "knitting in the round" and ore. No 7+ & Children & Children 14+ The odern gallery building is hoe to any fascinating Folklife exhibitions and displays. Join Enda O'Flaherty for his talk on the legacy of our old schoolhouse. Sat 21st June. Full day course on painting flowers in watercolour with Shevaun Doherty. Wed 25th July. Harvest Stories with puppeteer and artist Carel Balfe. Wed 15th August. Féach / Check : 23

24 Eolas Ginearálta Seandálaíocht Sráid Chill Dara Baile Átha Cliath 2 Stair an Dúlra Sráid Mhuirfean Baile Átha Cliath 2 Na healaíona Maisiúla & Stair Dún Uí Choileáin Sráid na Binne Boirbe Baile Átha Cliath 7 Saol na Tuaithe Páirc an Turlaigh Caisleán an Bharraigh Co. Mhaigh Eo Uaireanta Oscailte Máirt-Satharn 10a-5p An Dohnach 2p-5p Dúnta ar an Luan (laethanta saoire bainc agus Aoine an Chéasta san áireah) Tuilleadh Eolais Baile Átha Cliath Ríohphost: info@useu.ie Fón: +353 (0) Facs: +353 (0) Páirc an Turlaigh Ríohphost: tpark@useu.ie Tel: +353 (0) Fax: +353 (0) Sonraí Áirithinte Baile Átha Cliath An Roinn Oideachais agus For-rochtana: Ríohphost: bookings@useu.ie Fón: +353 (0) Facs: +353 (0) Páirc an Turlaigh An Roinn Oideachais agus For-rochtana: Ríohphost: educationtph@useu.ie Fón: +353 (0) Facs: +353 (0) Bíonn turas ann gach lá i bpáirc an Turlaigh. Is féidir le grúpaí turais agus ceardlanna a chur in áirithe leis an Oifig Áirithintí. Baile Átha Cliath Tá siopaí i ndún Uí Choileáin, ar Shráid Chill Dara, Sráid Mhuirfean agus i bpáirc an Turlaigh. Tá caifé i ndún Uí Choileáin, ar Shráid Chill Dara agus i bpáirc an Turlaigh. Conas dul ann Dún Uí Choileáin Líne Dhearg an Luas - Stad an Ard-Mhúsaei Busanna - 90 (Cé Aston) 25, 25A, 66, 67 (Sráid an Phiarsaigh agus Sráid Westoreland) Páirceáil ar fáil ach íoc aisti Sráid Chill Dara An Luas is gaire - An Líne Uaine - Faiche Stiabhna Busanna - 7, 7A (Sráid Uí Chonaill), 10, 11, 13 (Sráid Uí Chonaill) Stáisiún DART is gaire - Stáisiún Shráid an Phiarsaigh Sráid Mhuirfean Busanna - 7, 7A (Sráid Uí Chonaill) Páirc an Turlaigh Ag tioáint - 8k taobh thoir de Chaisleán an Bharraigh atá Páirc an Turlaigh, ar an N5 - Páirceáil Saor in Aisce Ar an bus - I gcaisleán an Bharraigh atá an stáisiún bus is giorra. Fón: Ar an traein - I gcaisleán an Bharraigh atá an stáisiún traein is giorra. Fón: Rochtain Dún Uí Choileáin - Tá teacht iolán ag lucht úsáidte cathaoir rothaí ar an áit seo Sráid Chill Dara - Tá teacht ag lucht úsáidte cathaoir rothaí ar thaispeántais an chéad urláir, an siopa, an caifé agus na leithris Sráid Mhuirfean - Is féidir dul chuig taispeántais an chéad urláir agus chuig na leithris i gcathaoir rothaí anseo Páirc an Turlaigh - Tá teacht iolán ag lucht úsáidte cathaoir rothaí ar an áit seo Páirc an Turlaigh Uaireanta oibre na hoifige Áirithintí Máirt - Aoine: 10a-1p Iad siúd atá ag tabhairt aire do pháistí anseo, is orthu a thiteann sé a bheith freagrach as sábháilteacht na bpáistí sin. Caith súil ar ár bpolasaí Cosaint Leanaí le haghaidh tuilleadh eolais. Is san Fhéilire Ieachtaí atá teacht ar an bpolasaí sin. Ba chruinn a bhfuil ann agus é á chur i gcló ach d'fhéadfadh go n-athrófaí é (de réir ar is gá). 24

25 Powered by TCPDF ( General Inforation Archaeology Kildare Street Dublin 2 Natural History Merrion Street Dublin 2 Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Benburb Street Dublin 7 Country Life Turlough Park Castlebar Co Mayo Opening Hours Tuesday-Saturday 10a-5p Sunday 2p-5p Closed Monday (including bank holidays and Good Friday) Further Inforation Dublin eail: info@useu.ie Tel: +353 (0) Fax: +353 (0) Turlough Park eail: tpark@useu.ie Tel: +353 (0) Fax: +353 (0) Booking Details Dublin Education and Outreach Departent: eail: bookings@useu.ie Tel: +353 (0) Fax: +353 (0) Turlough Park Education and Outreach Departent: eail: educationtph@useu.ie Tel: +353 (0) Fax: +353 (0) Public tour daily at Turlough Park. Tours and workshops can be pre-booked by groups via the Bookings Office. Dublin Shop available at Collins Barracks, Kildare Street, Merrion Street and Turlough Park. Café available at Collins Barracks, Kildare Street and Turlough Park. How to get there Collins Barracks Luas Red Line - Museu Stop Buses - 90 (Aston Quay), 25, 25A, 66, 67 (Pearse Street and Westoreland Street) Paid parking available Kildare Street Nearest Luas - Green Line - St Stephen's Green Buses - 7, 7A, 8 (O'Connell Street), 10, 11, 13 (O'Connell Street) Nearest Dart station - Pearse Street Merrion Street Buses - 7, 7A, 8 (O'Connell Street) Turlough Park By Car - Turlough Park is 8k East of Castlebar on the N5 - Free Car Parking By Bus - The nearest bus station is in Castlebar. Tel: By Train - The nearest train station is in Castlebar. Tel: Access Collins Barracks - Fully wheelchair accessible Kildare Street - Ground floor exhibitions, shop, café and toilets are wheelchair accessible Merrion Street - Ground floor exhibitions and toilet are wheelchair accessible Turlough Park - Fully wheelchair accessible Turlough Park Booking office hours Tue-Fri: 10a-1p Priary carers are responsible for the safety of children in their care while visiting the National Museu of Ireland. For further inforation consult our Child Protection Policy Inforation contained in the Calendar of Events is accurate at the tie of going to print but could be subject to change. 25