Secondary School

Why choose the National Print Museum for your class trip?

The National Print Museum offers an educational and interactive guided tour specifically tailored to suit Secondary School students.
The Museum’s permanent exhibition is laid out in the same style as an old print shop with a composing area, printing area and finishing area and through this exhibition our tour guide leads students through the different stages of printing, from the inventions of Johann Gutenberg, through to the Industrial Revolution and ending with the changes brought by early modern technology.
Students are given an insight into the role of printing in the spread of propaganda during the 1916 Rising and hear the fascinating story of the composing and printing of the 1916 Proclamation of which the Museum has an original copy.
All students are given the opportunity to try their hand at traditional hand-composing and printing and experience how many of the printings machines in the Museum’s collection operate through tactile presentation.

Secondary School Tour and Learning Outcomes

Junior Cycle Guided Tour – Curriculum Links
The Junior Cycle tour is cross-curricular in nature and is suitable for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd year students. The content of the tour links into and interprets a number of subjects on the Junior Cycle curriculum including History, Art, Craft & Design and English.

Senior Cycle Guided Tour – Curriculum Links
The Senior Cycle tour is cross-curricular in nature and is suitable for 5^th and 6^th year students. The content of the tour links into and interprets a number of subjects on the Senior Cycle curriculum including Art, History and English.

Transition Year Guided Tour
The National Print Museum offers its general interactive guided tour to all Transition Year students. The tour links into and interprets the following within the Transition Year Curriculum: Aesthetics Education, English, Environmental and Social Studies (in particular Historical Studies – history of arts and crafts, heritage studies) and Practical Studies.