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 policital causes. The imporant...
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...
The National Print Museum is delighted to announce a new multifaceted project which will introduce young (and not so young) audiences to the history of book making and a story of printing in Ireland. Through a National Print Museum published book and an exhibition titled Blot’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Barrie Tullett, University of Lincoln The Divine Comedy is a poem by Dante Alighieri. Written between 1308 and 1320, it describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and, at a deeper level, represents the souls journey towards God. The Typographic Dante is a series of typographic...