News from the Museum

To celebrate the science behind the printed word, we have a series of special events taking place for Science Week.   Science Week School Tours, Thursday 17 November Email education@nationalprintmuseum.ie to book. Fully booked!   Demo Tour, Sunday 20 November at 12.00 Free event. Fully booked!    ...

Grand Stuff – Design Week 2022 – Panel Discussion Wednesday 16 November at 15.00 This event will coincide with the launch of the exhibition Grand Stuff: Label Art from Ireland at the National Print Museum. The exhibition is the first attempt to survey label art produced in Ireland. It covers...

On 21 October 2022, Anne Enright, Sebastian Barry and Christine Dwyer Hickey launched Short Stories in Print at the National Print Museum. Watch this short film to learn more abou this special project - a limited-edition collection of unpublished work by some of Ireland's leading writers. Read...

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To celebrate its 25th anniversary, the National Print Museum commissioned Short Stories in Print, A limited-edition collection of unpublished work by some of Ireland's leading writers. The project will launch on 21 October 2022.  Six household names and internationally renowned, prizewinning Irish writers Sebastian Barry, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Claire Keegan...

The Museum is delighted to announce a new event programme that covers September to December 2022. This autumn/winter, we are bringing a new exhibition entitled "Grand Stuff: Label Art from Ireland", a series of events, workshops for adults and children, and more! Check out the What's on section...

The National Print Museum’s collection is unique – it is a living and working collection. To celebrate Culture Night 2023, the panel of retired printers and compositors (AKA the Chapel) will bring the machines to life with a series of live demonstrations. There will also...

Today, 28 July 2022, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media announced the projects supported by the Regional Museum Exhibition Scheme 2022. The National Print Museum is delighted to be one of the 15 recipients. The Museum will be working with guest curator,...

The National Print Museum is delighted to return to Dublin Maker with PrintLab! The mission of PrintLab is to create an understanding and facilitate discovery of the traditional craft of letterpress printing by empowering children to be creatively involved in hands-on workshops, which unite the basic...

Deluxe Edition Set of Blot's Most Marvellous Historical Guide to Printing Books This set comprises a deluxe binding of the book and an accompanying portfolio of two letterpress-printed images of the characters Blot and Grainne Mhaol. The prints and sides of the book have been letterpress...

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