[gallery columns="4" size="medium" ids="11538,11537,11536,11534"] To mark the centenary on 16th June of the ‘Pact Election’ of 1922, the National Print Museum partnered with Mná 100 to run this innovative pilot printing workshop. Leading up to the election, on 20th May 1922, a last minute electoral pact...
A Letterpress Celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses Opening: Wednesday 15 June from 18.30 – 20.30 (free admission) To mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, the National Print Museum is delighted to announce the opening of a letterpress print celebration of James Joyce’s seminal novel. Featuring...
After a short break due to the pandemic, the National Print Museum is delighted to announce its return to Design West. Design West is an international summer design school located at the ATU Connemara campus in the beautiful village of Letterfrack in Co. Galway, on the...
We have a great day planned for National Drawing Day, Saturday 21 May, 12-4pm. Come along to our free events (some require booking) and help us celebrate the day with our fabulous book and exhibition 'Blot’s Most Marvellous Historical Guide to Printing Books’. Drawing Workshop with...
This Thursday 3rd March, join us to celebrate World Book Day with a curated tour of the exhibition, ‘Blot’s Most Marvellous Historical Guide to Printing Books’, led by the book’s author and exhibition curator, Dr Angela Griffith. Angela will guide you through the exhibition, explaining the...
Beyond excited to announce our first Demo Day of 2022! In celebration of Engineers Week with Engineers Ireland, the Chapel will be firing up some of the machines on Sunday 6 March. There's no better way to experience the collection. The event is free of charge but...
Given the unprecedently high volume of cases of COVID-19 in the community, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone reopening the Museum for a few weeks. This decision has been made in the continued interest of the health and safety of the Museum's visitors,...
Thank you for all your support in 2021. Merry Christmas from all at the National Print Museum. May 2022 bring light, laughter and letterpress to your lives! We will reopen on Tuesday 4 January....
Buy a softback copy of Blot's Most Marvellous Guide to Printing Books from our shop here (€10). The National Print Museum brings a multifaceted project which introduces young (and not so young) audiences to the history of book making and a story of printing in Ireland. Through...
‘Print a house’ as part of Open House Junior 2021 Using the modular printing pieces, the P22 blox, families will work together to create a print of multiple colours. These shapes were designed to create letterforms but you can use them to build anything. Plan a...