Temporary Exhibitions & Events

Dublin Castle currently runs a programme of very succesful and popular temporary exhibitions, for example “Vicereines of Ireland: Portraits of Forgotten Women”. Temporary exhibitions provide a wonderful opportunity for elements of the narrative to be explored in further detail, allowing visitors to delve deeper into some of the content they have been presented with, and therefore should always be linked to Dublin Castle itself and the storylines presented. Temporary exhibitions also increase the number of repeat visits.

Possible themes for future temporary exhibitions could include:

•Entertaining at Dublin Castle – The Marquess of

Buckingham’s Ball. •Life as a servant in Dublin Castle – the army of people that were behind the scenes.

•The Children of the Viceroys and Vicereines – growing up in

Dublin Castle.

•The Order of St Patrick.

Possible additions to events programme:

•Night-time tour of the Undercroft and / or Record Tower, for example at Halloween. •Open House Dublin – as well as the State Apartments (currently offered), staff at the Castle could provide access to private areas such as the Bermingham Tower kitchens. •Use of the Hibernia Garden as a private events space, for example with pop-up bar – utilising valuable green space that is otherwise closed to the public. •More frequent performances in the Chapel Royal – to take advantage of the beautiful acoustics. •Light installations, for example in the lead up to Christmas – bringing Dublin Castle to life / creating a night-time presence. •Outdoor theatre performances in the Upper & Lower Castle

Yard, as well as Dubh Linn Gardens. •Themed dinner parties – not only in the State Apartments, but also in the Record Tower (levels 0/1).