Post Primary

Secondary Boys

Make the Museum your classroom for a day - give your students an out-of-the-classroom experience that can have a lasting impact. 

Plan your own visit or take a look at the Post Primary Schools Programmes:

Schools Programme 2012 to 2013 Post Primary -  Collins BarracksCB_POST_PRIMARY.pdf (1.46 MB, Adobe PDF) 

Contact us about what we can provide for you to meet the needs of your class and the curriculum.

Planning a project or lesson? Choose a topic below to plan your visit on your own or with us:

 
Primary Resource pack
Get a general introduction to the Museum

With 'What's in the Museum?' A Teachers' Pack designed for you to introduce the Museum to your students.

What was it like to be a student 200 years ago?

Book a visit to the Kildare Place Society exhibition and explore what learning was like for young people in the early 19th century.

School Tour through Understanding 1916 Gallery
Focus on Irish History: the 1916 Easter Rising

Explores the events leading up to, during, and after Easter Week 1916

Secondary Boys
Focus on Irish and European Modern History

Through the eyes of Irish soldiers and civilians in the Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition

Handling image by Frank Miller Irish Times
Exploring Museums: Object-based Learning

The Museum is full of objects - and not all of them are behind glass... find out about ways in which your students can learn in the Museum using objects specially for handling

Irish High Crosses Exhibition
Explore Art, Craft and Design

From ideas to start an art, craft or design project to resources in teaching Leaving Cert Art History, the decorative arts exhibitions at Collins Barracks have plenty to offer art teachers and students

The Way We Wore Gallery
Explore Art, Design and Social History

In the exhibition, The Way We Wore: 250 years of Irish Clothing and Jewellery, an ideal resource for teachers and students of art, craft and design, home economics or history

Krater Vase
More Topics...

Out of Storage || Irish Silver || Irish 17th - 21st Century Furniture || Irish Country Furniture || A Dubliner's Collection of Asian Art: Albert Bender || Blaze Away: Duelling, Gun Makers & Sword Makers in 19th Century Ireland || Irish Money & Medals || Franciscan Faith: Sacred Art in Ireland 1600-1750

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Tips for your visit

For tours and workshops, the maximum number of students per group is 15.

More Tips and How to Plan a Visit...


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