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Read the latest media and press releases about events at the National Museum of Ireland.

25 November 2021 What’s the Scéal? Annual Storytelling Festival

23 November 2021, Studio & State: The Lavery's and the Anglo-Irish Treaty

13 November, 2021: '1845: Memento Mori' by Paula Stokes at the National Museum of Ireland, Country Life

04 November, 2021: ‘Wonder Cabinet’ at the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History lands prestigious ICAD design award

27 September, 2021: Minister Eamon Ryan launches Down to Earth, a collaborative exhibition between the National Museum of Ireland & Geological Survey Ireland

24 May 2021: Minister Catherine Martin launches InForm, an exhibition driven by a two-year collaboration between the National Museum of Ireland & Design & Crafts Council Ireland

27 April 2021: National Museum of Ireland welcomes announcement of €2.2 million capital investment for new 20th Century History of Ireland Galleries as part of Decade of Centenaries Programme

21 April 2021: New online exhibition reveals unique currach building video and archival material

11 March 2021: The National Museum of Ireland (NMI) and the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023, seeks to engage an Artist-in-Residence to work with the Museum in 2021/2022

26 February 2021: Irish cultural institutions celebrate festival of LGBT history in March 2021

12 February 2021: NMI and Mayo County Council welcome installation of 'Straw Sister'

04 November, 2021: ‘Wonder Cabinet’ at the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History lands prestigious ICAD design award

09 December 2020: National Museum of Ireland acquires works from Alison Lowry: (A) Dressing our Hidden Truths for the national collection

07 December 2020: The National Museum of Ireland publishes most authoritative study ever undertaken on medieval hand-bells

26 November 2020: Silversmith Annemarie Reinhold selected for prestigious commission in response to COVID-19

10 November 2020: NMI invites teachers to bring the Museum to the classroom

27 October 2020: Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN) wins prestigious award

01 October 2020: Exhibitions exploring hair, culture and identity set to open in Mayo this week

16 September 2020: First genome sequences of Irish Vikings reveal ties to Norway and interactions with the locals

16 September 2020: ‘Glendalough: Power, Prayer and Pilgrimage’ opens at the National Museum of Ireland

27 August 2020: New exhibition celebrates life and achievements of Paul Strzelecki

21 July 2020: Remaining two National Museum of Ireland sites re-open to the public

06 May 2020: How well do you KnowYour5K?

23 April 2020: The National Museum of Ireland invites the public to ‘Reflect on Resilience’

21 January 2020: Launch of refurbished and reimagined Irish Wars 1919 – 1923 at the National Museum of Ireland

14 January 2019: Historic 'Moon Car' donation for National Museum of Ireland

07 October 2021: Distinctive collection of Irish chairs goes on display at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life in Co Mayo

03 November, 2021: Minister of State Malcolm Noonan launches Little Houses, an exhibition driven by a collaboration between the National Museum of Ireland & Stoneybatter Youth Services

11 November 2019: Ireland in Focus: Photographing Ireland in the 1950s

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