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Special event
Culture Night 2024
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Throughout the Gallery
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Admission |
Free |
Join us as we celebrate on Friday 20 September!
We're excited to be joining in the fun of Culture Night again this year with a wide range of family-friendly activities throughout the Gallery.
Visitors will have the opportunity to explore our collection via free tours throughout the night, and we'll have free admission to our Women Impressionists exhibition from 5pm-7.45pm. Tickets for these timeslots will be released a week before Culture Night - follow us on our social media channels to find out when. The French connection will be further celebrated with the return of our collaboration with the French Embassy, Painting Mirrors, when our historic façade will be lit up by an interactive digital display of portraits and landscapes submitted by the public in advance, and taken on the night in our special photo booth, all to the sounds of a DJ set by Emmy Shigeta.
Other highlights of Culture Night at the National Gallery of Ireland include a special pop-up Library & Archives display in our new Reading Room on level 3, a creative drop-in space, and a choral performance from the Voices of Bray Community Choir on our forecourt. We'll have Ireland’s favourite painting, The Meeting on the Turret Stairs, on display, too. The Gallery Café and Gallery Shop will be open until 8.30pm, and the 53.3 Degrees pop-up café in the Merrion Square forecourt will open until 9.30pm serving snacks.
Practical details: The Gallery will be open until 9pm on the night (last admission 8.30pm, room closures will begin from 8.40pm, and the Gallery Shop and Gallery Café will be open until 8pm). You'll be able to watch Painting Mirror on our Merrion Square building from 8pm - 11pm, and the 53.3 Degrees pop-up café in the Merrion Square forecourt will be open until 9pm serving snacks.
Discover what we have planned this Culture Night below:
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Painting Mirror
The return of our collaboration with the French Embassy in Ireland, an interactive live digital art display that puts you in the frame of your own masterpiece on a grand scale as we project your portrait, cityscape or landscape onto our historical façade on Merrion Square. Find out more here.
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Creative Space Family Drop-in
Get creative, and drop into our Atrium Creative Space during your Culture Night visit - open from 9.15am until 8.30pm
![Frederic William Burton (1816-1900), 'Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs', 1864. © National Gallery of Ireland.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_block/public/2017-04/w1500-Burton-Meeting-Turret.jpg?h=de4d11f0&itok=Szle8pKS&cache-buster=5dbe831fd0&coords_hash=fb73e94302)
The Meeting on the Turret Stairs
This Culture Night, this romantic watercolour will be available to view in Room 20 from 6pm - 8pm. Find out more
![Nighttime photo of the exterior of the Merrion Square entrance to the National Gallery of Ireland with the windows illuminated and an outdoor sculpture silhouetted against the sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_block/public/2019-05/NGI%20Friends%20Tour%20Room-155.jpg?h=b82b5380&itok=MzIaGL6u&cache-buster=5dbe831fd0&coords_hash=ba1415e79e)
Music
Our Merrion Square forecourt will be filled with music this Culture Night, with a performance from Voices of Bray Community Choir, and a DJ set from Emmy Shigeta.
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Library & Achives Pop-in Display
Guide Tours
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Culture Night Tour: Family Favourites
A free tour for younger visitors
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Culture Night Tour: In Real Life
A guided tour of the exhibition
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Culture Night Tour: Irish Art
A free tour of Irish art in our collection
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Culture Night Tour: LGBTQIA+ Art
A free tour exploring the collection through an LGBTQIA+ lens
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Culture Night Tour: ISL Highlights
Join the Gallery's Irish Sign Language tour guides
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Culture Night Tour: Family Favourites
A free tour for younger visitors
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Culture Night Tour: Sketching Tour
A free tour as part of Culture Night 2024
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Culture Night Tour: Music in Art
Join us for a music themed tour of the collection
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Culture Night Tour: Mildred Anne Butler
A guided tour of this new exhibition
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Culture Night Tour: Hard of Hearing Tour
A free tour for individuals who are hard of hearing or who have h
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Culture Night Tour: In Real Life
A guided tour of this exhibition
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Culture Night Tour: Audio Described Tour
An audio described exploration of the national collection and tem
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Culture Night Tour: Literature in Art
A free themed tour of the collection highlighting the connections
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Culture Night Tour: Architecture
A free guided tour looking at the Gallery's buildings and archite
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Culture Night Tour: Costumes in Art
A free guided tour
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Culture Night: Mindfulness Tour
Enjoy some time out and join us for a guided tour at a slower pac