A DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVE
Free and relaxed guided tours of Dublin’s cultural places and spaces
FEBRUARY–APRIL 2019 #CultureConnects
Experience your city’s culture in a friendly, free and easy way with Culture Club! Let us introduce you to museums, galleries, libraries and other cultural venues in Dublin, and open your eyes to what the city has to offer. And after a couple of Culture Clubs you’ll be ready to kick start your very own cultural adventure.
Join us for an exhibition tour by a guide, followed by complimentary tea, coffee and chats. Each Culture Club is FREE, open to all, and lasts approx 2 hours. Come along! Culture Club is free but booking is required: TEXT CALL EMAIL VISIT
086 810 1783 086 810 1783 cultureclub@dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie www.dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
FEBRUARY CULTURE CLUBS DAY
TIME
WHAT
Fri 1st
10.30am
‘Drawing a Breath’
Thurs 7th
11.00am
'Intimacy'
Science Gallery Dublin, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Fri 8th
10.30am
'Georgian Beginnings'
14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
Tues 12th
2.30pm
'Islam'
Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Thurs 14th
5.00pm
‘Canaletto and the Art of Venice'
National Gallery of Ireland, Millenium Wing Entrance, Clare Street, Dublin 2
Mon 18th
10.30am
‘Humans of Dublin: A Photographic Exhibition’
Tues 19th
10.30am
‘Freud Project, Gaze’
Fri 22nd
Mon 25th
11.30am
2.00pm
'Jurassic Skies'
'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again exhibition'
WHERE
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin 1
Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
National Library of Ireland exhibition at Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre at College Green – entrance on Westmoreland Street National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8
Weds 27th 11.00am
'Begin your family history journey in the NAI'
Thurs 28th 11.30am
Temple Bar Gallery + 'Ronan McCrea, Efference Studios, Copy Mechanism' 5-9 Temple Bar, Dublin 2
MARCH CULTURE CLUBS DAY
TIME
WHAT
Fri 1st
10.30am
'Masterpieces' with Dr Sinéad Furlong-Clancy
Tues 5th
11.00am
'The Peace at Home? Dublin after the Great War'
Weds 6th
10.30am
‘Tenement Times’
Fri 8th
11.30am
'Bicycle Wheels and Slavery' (Tour)
Tues 12th
2.30pm
‘Materials to Write on'
Thurs 14th 5.00pm
‘Nathaniel Hone’
Tues 19th
10.30am
'A Fiction Close to Reality’
Thurs 21st
11.00am
'Introduction to the Registry of Deeds’
Fri 22nd
11.30am
'Orla McHardy, Nightfeedz Eamonn Doyle’
Mon 25th
2.00pm
'Turas treoraithe: Stair agus Oidhreacht na Leabharlainne Náisiúnta' (Tour will be in Irish)
Weds 27th 11.00am
'Caring for your family archives; a workshop on practical tips to look after historic family papers'
Fri 29th
'100th Anniversary of the War of Independence'
11.30am
WHERE
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin 1 Dublin City Hall, 2 Dame St, Dublin 2 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2 National Gallery of Ireland, Millennium Wing Entrance, Clare Street, Dublin 2 IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8 Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
RHA Gallery, 15 Ely Place, Dublin 2 National Library of Ireland, 2 / 3 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8 National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
APRIL CULTURE CLUBS DAY
TIME
Tues 2nd
11.00am
'The Peace at Home? Dublin after the Great War'
Dublin City Hall, 2 Dame St, Dublin 2
Weds 3rd
10.30am
‘Georgian Buildings’
14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
Fri 5th
10.30am
'Visual Thinking Strategies tour of Our Plundered Planet'
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square N, Rotunda, Dublin 1
Tues 9th
2.30pm
'Focus on Flowers'
Thurs 11th
5.00pm
National Gallery of Ireland, 'The Voyage of Italy: Italian Millenium Wing Entrance, Travel Guides 1550-1800' Clare Street, Dublin 2
11.30am
‘Dressed to Impress : Brooches and Pins of Bronze, Silver and Gold' (Talk)
National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Fri 12th
WHAT
WHERE
Chester Beatty, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Tues 16th
10.30am
IMMA (Irish Museum of ‘Walker & Walker, Nowhere Modern Art), without No(w)’ Military Road, Kilmainham, Dublin 8
Weds 17th
10.30am
‘Censorship of Books in the 20th century’
Dublin City Library & Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2
Thurs 18th
11.00am
'Family History at the Registry of Deeds'
Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
Weds 24th 11.00am
'Behind the scenes of the annual transfer of public records to the National Archives'
National Archives of Ireland, Bishop Street, Dublin 8
Fri 26th
11.30am
'Stories Between Us'
National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Benburb Street, Dublin 7
2.00pm
‘Exhibition tour: From Ballots to Bullets: Ireland 1918 – 1919’
National Library of Ireland, Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, D2
Mon 29th
Dublin City Council Culture Company runs cultural initiatives and buildings across the city on behalf of Dublin City Council and the people of Dublin. Collaborating with citizens, communities, cultural organisations, businesses, and Dublin City Council itself, the company’s work is focused on embedding cultural experiences and increasing cultural participation throughout Dublin’s neighbourhoods. Find out more at www.dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie
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