Visual Art: Accessible Events at The National Gallery in September

There are several accessible events coming up at the National Gallery in September, as well as events as part of Culture Night 2024.

Tour of In Real Life for people who have a hearing impairment or are Hard of Hearing
Thursday 5 September 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

This free tour, exploring the summer exhibition In Real Life as well as some highlights of the Gallery’s permanent collection, is for individuals who are hard of hearing or have hearing impairments. This tour is fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities, and takes place at 5.30pm on the first Thursday of every month.

ISL Tour of In Real Life
Thursday 12 September 6pm to 7pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at the new exhibition, In Real Life.

As the Gallery endeavours to make 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.

An ISL tour of the permanent collection or other temporary exhibitions place at 6pm on the second Thursday of the month.

Audio Described Tour of In Real Life
Thursday 19 September 6pm to 7pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s highly trained tour guides for an audio described exploration of the national collection and the In Real Life exhibition. Visitors will be guided  through key parts of the Gallery building and focus on several highlights on display incorporating audio description and discussion. Devised specifically to enrich the experience of visitors who are blind or who have a visual impairment to the Gallery.

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

Culture Night: Tour of ISL Highlights
Friday 20 September 6pm to 6.30pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Join the Gallery’s Irish Sign Language tour guides for a look at highlights from the Gallery’s national collection. As the Gallery endeavours to make our activities and events accessible to the deaf community, we 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

Culture Night: Tour for people who have a hearing impairment or are Hard of Hearing
Friday 20 September 7.15pm to 7.45pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

This free tour, exploring the highlights of the Gallery’s permanent collection, is for individuals who are hard of hearing or have hearing impairments. This tour is fully accessible to people who are hard of hearing and use a tour guide system with T-loop capabilities.

Culture Night: Audio Described Tour
Friday 20 September 7.30pm to 8pm
Location: Courtyard, National Gallery of Ireland

Visitors will be guided  through key parts of the Gallery building and focus on several highlights on display incorporating audio description and discussion. Devised specifically to enrich the experience of visitors who are blind or who have a visual impairment to the Gallery.

Read the National Gallery’s visitor guide for details of what to expect on your visit to the Gallery.

Image credits:

Header image –  Jack Caffrey, The Pimlico Project 2017, courtesy of National Gallery of Ireland.

Debbie Godsell, Untitled, 2018. National Gallery of Ireland Collection. Copyright Debbie Godsell. Photo, National Gallery of Ireland.

Hilda Porter, Sheep by Moonlight, c.1913. National Gallery of Ireland Collection. Photo, National Gallery of Ireland.