Explore & Learn
The National Museum of Ireland is a resource for students and educators, families, and people of all ages.
The Education and Outreach programme aims to facilitate people to explore and engage with the exhibitions and collections through a range of learning opportunities including storytelling, drama, historical re-enactments, creative writing and art.
Engaging with the National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology's Education programme enables people to:
Learn through observation of original artefacts;
Investigate how archaeologists work to understand about life, work, culture and society in the past;
Look for evidence about the past by examining handling objects and through 'discovery' learning;
Engage with objects through handling and other senory based experience;
Study archaeology, art history, religious knowledge, drama, geography, mathematics and science;
Make links across a range of subjects through an integrated and cross-curricular approach to learning.
The Education team currently provides an education programme that includes guided tours; gallery based talks; workshops; seminars and lecture series; professional development courses and activities for teachers; special annual events such as for the Beatlaine Festival, Heritage Week and events during school holidays at mid-term, Christmas, Easter and during the Summer. Key audiences include the formal education sector, families and adult learners.
Groups
Please note that all groups who wish to visit the Museum must make a reservation with the Bookings Office.
Activity sheets and teachers notes are available. Below is a sample of pdfs of the activity sheets available in the Museum, if your group would like to use them please let us know by contacting the Education Department.