IMMA - IRISH MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
12:00pm - Guided Exhibition Tour - IMMA Collection: Freud Project, The Ethics of Scrutiny, curated by Daphne Wright
Ticket Booking Required, Book Here
2:30pm - Guided Exhibition Tour – Frank Bowling, Mappa Mundi
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2:00pm- 4:00pm - Family Workshop -EXPLORER
Get creative together as a family, explore artworks with IMMA staff, and enjoy a hands-on workshop in the galleries. Explorer is a fun way to explore and learn about art.
Drop in, No Ticket Booking Required.
12:00pm - 5:30pm - IMMA FAMILY EXPLORER Activity Packs
IMMA FAMILY EXPLORER Activity Packs are available from the front reception desk. Families can use the map together learn about the artworks that are outdoors in IMMA’s grounds, and children can engage with IMMA’s building, garden and galleries using the IMMA Explorer activity booklet.
12:00pm - 5:30pm - Self-Guided Family Garden Tour - Plant Trail & Tree Trail
Explore the IMMA gardens with a self-guided walking trail. Discover the 15 wild plants and flowers that grow in the grounds of IMMA in the PLANT TRAIL (pdf), and learn about the many trees on site in the TREE TRAIL (pdf), developed with artist Seoidín O’Sullivan.
Pick up the guide’s from IMMA’s main reception or download the guides from the links above.
VISIT EXHIBITIONS AT IMMA FOR FREE
12:00pm - 5:30pm - IMMA Collection: Freud Project, The Ethics of Scrutiny, curated by Daphne Wright
This exhibition is free as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. Admission is by timed entry. To avoid disappointment please pre-book your preferred time-slot online in advance of visiting using the code CultureD8 to receive your free entry.
12:00pm - 5:30pm - Frank Bowling, Mappa Mundi*
This exhibition is free as part of the Culture Date with Dublin 8 Festival. Admission is by timed entry. To avoid disappointment please pre-book your preferred time-slot online in advance of visiting using the code CultureD8 to receive your free entry.
12:00am - 5:30pm - IMMA Collection: Coast-Lines
No Ticket Booking Required
12:00pm - 5:30pm - Hennessy Art Fund for IMMA Collection 2018
No Ticket Booking Required
12:00pm - 5:30pm - Brian O’Doherty, Language and Space:
No Ticket Booking Required
12:00pm - 5:30pm - Lennon, Porous Plane
No Ticket Booking Required
12:00pm - 5:30pm - The 38th EVA International at IMMA
No Ticket Booking Required
DUBLIN DISCOVERY TRAILS
All day - Echoes of War - Audio Tour
Explore Kilmainham and surrounding parklands and discover moving stories of war and rebellion around every corner of this peaceful place. The trail is part of the Dublin Discovery Trails app, and it can be downloaded free from the App Store and the Google Play Store. www.dublindiscoverytrails.com,
THE IRISH NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL GARDENS
1:30pm - 4:30pm - War Memorial Park Family Fun Day - FAMILY FLAGSHIP EVENT -
Re-enactments - Poetry - Storytelling - Puppetry - Circus Performers and Skills Workshop - Arts & Crafts - Balloon Making & Facepainting.
Be transported back to World War 1 and witness for yourself the uniforms and skills of the soldiers and hear about the regiments who fought in the Great War through British army and German army re-enactment groups. Listen to many of the most moving and memorable poems to emerge from the First World War from WW1 poets. Enjoy the magic of this family-friendly story session with Punch and Judy. Learn new circus skills including Juggling, Hoops, Ball and more at our circus skills workshop. Get creative and colourful at our arts and crafts workshop and balloon making and face painting stations. Fun for all the Family!
Ticket Booking Required, Book here
RICHMOND BARRACKS
11:00am - 12:15pm - A Dramatic Tour of Richmond Barracks and Goldenbridge Cemetery
Actors and guides will walk you through the dramatic events and fascinating history of these two sites.
Ticket Booking Required, Book here
KILMAINHAM GAOL
11:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, 3:00pm, 4:00pm - Highlight Tour
Duration: 30 mins
A 30 minute guided tour of the Gaol featuring the Victorian Wing and Stonebreakers Yard.
Ticket Booking Required, Book Here
3:00pm -Women Writer's in Kilmainham Gaol
Duration: 1 Hour
A special literary tour of Kilmainham Gaol featuring women writers.
Ticket Booking Required, Book Here
PAT LIDDY WALKING TOURS
SPONSORED BY WATERWAYS IRELAND
12:00pm - 1:30pm & 3:30pm - 5:00pm
From The Grand Canal to The Irish National War Memorial Gardens
Meet at the Goldenbridge Luas Stop (also served by the 123 bus). After a short stroll along the banks of the Grand Canal for a look at its great development and relevance today to the landscape, we will walk past the historic Golden Bridge Cemetery and the former Richmond Barracks complex. From here, a short walk will bring us over the Camac River and through Inchicore on our way to finish at the exquisite Irish National War Memorial Park, the largest of its kind in these islands. Duration 1 Hour 30 mins.
Ticket Booking Required, Book Here
MAGAZINE FORT - PHOENIX PARK
10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm - Guided Tour of the Magazine Fort in Phoenix Park
Tour commences at the Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, with a shuttle bus to the Fort. Visitors will have access to a number of areas within the Fort including one of the magazines and two viewing platforms. Watch the conservation work as it happens, see the archaeologist unearth the 18th century drainage networks or the raised oak grounds with timber dowels in the Magazine. Health and Safety induction will be conducted prior to the commencement of the tour, as conservation works are on-going within the Fort. Ground conditions are uneven so sturdy footwear is advised and suitable outdoor clothing should be worn. Duration 1 Hour.
Ticket Booking Required, Book Here