Visual Art: Accessible Events at The National Gallery in July 2025

There are several accessible events coming up at the National Gallery in July 2025.

Quiet Workshops
7 July, 11.30 to 12.30pm
14 July, 11.30 to 12.30pm
21 July, 11.30 to 12.30pm
28 July, 11.30 to 12.30pm
Location: The Shaw Room

Join the Gallery for free, welcoming workshops designed to support all children. While no diagnosis is required, this workshop is designed with children who are neurodivergent in mind, but is open to everyone.

These sessions are a calm alternative to our regular busy drop-in workshops and offer a relaxed space where children can participate in ways that feel right for them. Led by experienced and friendly facilitators, each session focuses on creativity and exploration. The workshops are inspired by artworks from the Gallery’s collection, with this series themed around the works relating to the Mediterranean and will be led by the artist Mandalena Miltiadi.

All forms of communication are welcome, facilitators are trained in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), and participants are welcome to use their own AAC systems.

• Advance booking is required – Please only book one ticket per family. Parents, guardians, or carers do not need to reserve a space.
• Places are limited and fill up quickly. If you’re unable to attend, please let us know so we can offer your place to another family.
• Ticket-holders will receive an email in advance with details on what to expect during the session. · For questions or further information, contact Caomhán at cmacconiomaire@ngi.ie.

Mindfulness tour of Créatúir na Cartlainne | Tails from the Archive
6 July, 2.30 to 3.30pm
Location: Courtyard

Enjoy some time out and join the Gallery for a guided tour at a slower pace. Looking closely and moving quietly and mindfully through the Gallery spaces, you will encounter each work with curiosity, allowing you to connect deeply with it. The tour will end with quiet reflection in silence and stillness. All public tours are fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.

Irish Sign Language Tour of Créatúir na Cartlainne | Tails from the Archive
12 July, 2.30 to 3.30pm
Location: Various locations across the National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at Créatúir na Cartlainne | Tails from the Archive. As the Gallery endeavours to make their activities and events accessible to the deaf community, they wish to welcome members of the ISL community to the Gallery. This tour is exclusively in Irish Sign Language and will not have any translation available,

Audio Described Tour of Créatúir na Cartlainne | Tails from the Archive
17 July, 6pm to 7pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s highly trained tour guides for an audio described exploration of  our exhibition Créatúir na Cartlainne | Tails from the Archive. Visitors will be guided through key parts of the Gallery building and focus on several highlights on display incorporating audio description and discussion.

This tour is fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities. An audio described Tour of the permanent collection or other temporary exhibitions takes place at 6pm on the third Thursday of every month.

Please note all public tours are fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.

For more information and to book, visit nationalgallery.ie/whats-on or read the National Gallery’s visitor guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the gallery.

Image credits:

Nancy Wynne-Jones, Moth the Cat, c. 1959, © Estate of Nancy Wynne-Jones, Centre for the Study of Irish Art, National Gallery of Ireland

Nick Miller, PH Hand, drawing. © Nick Miller. Photo, National Gallery of Ireland.

Stephen McKenna, Stamp from 1955, Republic of Silesia, c. 2005, © Estate of Stephen McKenna, Centre for the Study of Irish Art, National Gallery of Ireland.

National Drawing Day, photo by Abe Neihum.