Visual Arts: Upcoming accessible events at the National Gallery

There are several fantastic accessible events coming up at the National Gallery over the next few weeks.

Irish Sign Language Gallery Tour  Thursday 2 November 18.00 – 18.45

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 the activities and events more accessible, this tour is exclusively in Irish Sign Language and will not have any translation available.

Meet your tour guide at the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance – free no booking required.

Irish Sign Language Tour of Lavery  Saturday 4 November 11.30 – 12.15

Located at The Courtyard – No booking required.

Meet your tour guide at the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance – free no booking required.

Audio Described Highlights Tour  Thursday 16 November 18.00 – 18.45

Join the Gallery’s highly trained tour guides for an audio described exploration of the national collection

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 the blind and visually impaired visitors 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.
All tours are fully accessible.

Meet your tour guide at the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance – free no booking required.

Irish Sign Language Tour of Sarah Purser: Private Worlds  Saturday 25 November 11.30 – 12.15

As the Gallery endeavours to make the activities and events more accessible, this tour is exclusively in Irish Sign Language and will not have any translation available.

Meet your tour guide at the Courtyard, near the Merrion Square entrance – free no booking required.

Curators’ Introductory Talk: The Zurich Portrait Prize Wednesday 6 December 12.00-13.00

Online event

This online event will be Close Captioned and accompanied by an Irish sign language interpreter.

Explore this year’s entries to the Zurich Portrait Prize and Zurich Young Portrait Prize competition with Dara McElligott and Jennie Taylor.

This free talk will take place online via Zoom. Login details will be contained in your booking confirmation e-mail. You are registering for a live event. A recording will not be made available to the public. This event will be Live Captioned and accompanied by an Irish Sign Language Interpreter.  – Book here