This Easter, hop on down to Collins Barracks for an activity-filled weekend for families! 

 

Garden of Eggs - Easter Egg Decoration Workshop

Sunday, 31st March: 1:30 - 3:30pm

This Easter Sunday, join us for an egg-decoration workshop inspired by Annemarie Reinhold's Spoon Garden art installation. 

In this drop-in art workshop for families, paint and adorn your own vegetable-inspired easter egg decoration to celebrate springtime and the renewal of life. 

The workshop will take place in the Learning Resource Room off Clarke Square between 1:30 and 3:30pm. Booking is not required.

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Big Barracks Egg Hunt

Sunday, 31st March: 1 - 3pm

The Big Barracks Egg Hunt is this Easter Sunday.

In this drop-in activity for families, follow the object trail around the Museum to solve the riddles, hunt out the artefacts, then come back to Reception for an eggs-cellent surprise!

The Big Barracks Egg Hunt will begin in Reception at Collins Barracks. Booking is not required. Last participants 15 minutes before end of activity.

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Hands-on History: Fact or Fiction?

Monday, April 1st: 1 - 3pm
This April Fool’s Day, join Museum Educators for a special handling session and see if you can tell the fact from the fib.
 
Keep your wits about you as we try to fool you with tall tales about some of our more mysterious handling objects.
 
This drop-in handling session will take place in Reception at Collins Barracks between 1 and 3pm.

Activity trail: Who's Fooling Who?

Throughout April, you can grab a Who's Fooling Who? trail from Reception and sort the true histories of objects on display in the Museum from some flights of fancy.

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Public Tours 

Take A Taste of the Past to discover some delicious histories of wining and dining through the ages and Ireland, Then and Now to learn about the fascinating range of symbols used to represent Ireland throughout history as well as to explore the future of Irish symbolism in a changing nation.  

Booking is not required, however spaces are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Saturday, 30th March
1pm    A Taste of the Past: The History of Food & Drink in the Museum's Collections
2pm    Ireland, Then and Now: Irish Symbolism in the Museum's Collections

Sunday, 31st March
2pm    A Taste of the Past: The History of Food & Drink in the Museum's Collections 
3pm    Ireland, Then and Now: Irish Symbolism in the Museum's Collections 

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For more information on the events listed above, contact bookings@museum.ie or call 01 648 6453.