Exploring the Anthropocene: A Letterpress Investigation
The National Print Museum is delighted to announce a new exhibition in collaboration with the National College of Art and Design....
30 Mar
Past Temporary Exhibitions
19 Sep
Grand Stuff: Label Art from Ireland
Curated by Niall McCormack This winter, the Museum is delighted to introduce a new exhibition of Irish label art from the 1890s to the 1990s. Included are vibrant examples of labels for minerals, beers, whiskies, hotels, linens, groceries, hotels, pharmacies, matches, charities and political causes. This important...
09 Jun
A Letterpress Celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses
A Letterpress Celebration of James Joyce's Ulysses Opening: Wednesday 15 June from 18.30 – 20.30 (free admission) To mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Ulysses, the National Print Museum is delighted to announce the opening of a letterpress print celebration of James Joyce’s seminal novel. Featuring...
08 Nov
Blot’s Most Marvellous Historical Guide to Printing Books
Buy a softback copy of Blot's Most Marvellous Guide to Printing Books from our shop here (€10). The National Print Museum brings a multifaceted project which introduces young (and not so young) audiences to the history of book making and a story of printing in Ireland. Through...
21 Jun
NCAD Graduate Showcase 2021
NCAD’s Graduate Showcase 2021 will bring together the work of all of its final-year and postgraduate students from Thursday 24 June. This year’s event will combine NCAD Works 2021, the college’s digital platform where all the graduates’ work can be experienced, with a range of...
27 Mar
To the Moon
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon, the National Print Museum is delighted to announce the opening of "To the Moon". The exhibition, curated by Dr Ciaran Swan, explores Ireland's response to the man landing of the moon through print. Given the historical...
15 Feb
A Letterpress Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the First Moon Landing
The National Print Museum is delighted to announce an exhibition of work by Year 2 BA [Hons] Illustration students of the National College of Art and Design. The students worked with illustration Programme Leader Brendon Deacy and Jamie Murphy at Distillers Press to explore the fiftieth...
06 Feb
Print, Protest, and The Polls: The Irish women’s suffrage campaign and the power of print media, 1908 – 1918
This exhibition commemorates the centenary of the first female vote in Ireland through exploration of the use of print media by the Irish suffragists, and their opponents, in their methods of promotion and protest. The exhibition aims to shine a light on a neglected period...
09 Oct
The Wild Apple Press
Letterpress work by Jim Wilder The Wild Apple Press is an American private press, printing mostly stories and imprints about Ireland and by Irish writers. The Press grew out the ‘book arts’ program at the University of Alabama in the mid-1970s, initially printing broadsides and ephemera....
21 Apr
Green Sleeves: The Irish printed Record Cover
Green Sleeves, The Irish Printed Record Cover 1955-2017 This exhibition examines the Irish-printed album cover. Included album covers were all designed and printed in Ireland. The work was completed for Irish groups, who worked at home or abroad, as well as albums from abroad referencing Ireland...