Education

Teachers Area

The National Print Museum offers a range of guided tours for all levels of educational organisations. During a visit the students will experience hands-on, a tradition that has virtually disappeared.

Primary
Post Primary

The educational tours at the National Print Museum are relevant to a number of curricular subjects including History, English, Media Studies, Art and Design. Educational worksheets have been developed for each educational level, to further enhance the understanding of the tour. Additional resources include primary and secondary teachers packs that provide extra information and activities that can be used in class. Both the worksheets and teachers packs are available in pdf format below. The cost of an educational tour at the museum is €2 per child/student with free admission for accompanying teachers/supervisors.
Advanced booking is essential for educational tours. For further information or to make a booking contact the Education Officer.
Minister for Arts, Séamus Brennan at the National Print Museum with a group of students
Primary
For primary school groups, the Museum has designed an activity-based tour allowing an interactive experience of the world of printing. Pupils will become printers for the duration of their visit. They will look the part as they enjoy the challenge of creating a special printers hat using origami techniques. Working directly with artifacts from the Museum's collection, pupils will have the unique opportunity to hand-set and print their names on a Farley Proofing Press. They will then gain further understanding of a number of machines in the collection through tactile presentation.
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Post Primary
For secondary and third level groups, the Museum offers students the chance to watch the audio-visual presentation, during which they can observe demonstrations of many of the machines in the Museum’s collection. Following this, students will experience first hand the process of hand-setting and printing, as they have the unique opportunity to hand-set and print their names on a Farley Proofing Press. Tour guides will then engage the students on a journey of deeper understanding about the technological development and history of printing, as they are introduced to the remaining machines in the collection. To complete the tour, students will discover the story of the printing of the 1916 Proclamation and explore the original copy of which is on display in the Museum.
National Print Museum, Garrison Chapel, Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland   T: +353 1 660 3770  E: npmuseum@iol.ie