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Secondary School Tours
The National Print Museum offers an educational and interactive guided tour specifically tailored to suit Secondary School students.
Tour Structure and Learning Outcomes
The Museum’s permanent exhibition is laid out in the same style as an old print shop with a composing, printing, and finishing areas. The tour guide leads students through the different stages of printing, from the inventions of Johannes Gutenberg to the Industrial Revolution and the changes brought on by modern technology.
Students get an insight into the role of printing during the 1916 Rising and hear the fascinating story of the composing and printing of the 1916 Proclamation, an original copy of which is on display at the Museum. All students get to try their hand at traditional hand-composing and printing and experience how many of the printing machines in the Museum’s collection operate through tactile presentation.
Secondary School Curriculum Links
The Junior Cycle tour is cross-curricular in nature and is suitable for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students. The content of the tour links to and interprets a number of subjects on the Junior Cycle curriculum including History, Art, Craft & Design and English.
The Senior Cycle tour is cross-curricular in nature and is suitable for 5th and 6th year students. The content of the tour links to and interprets a number of subjects on the Senior Cycle curriculum including Art, History and English.
The interactive tour for Transition Year students 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.
Practical Info and Booking
The tour lasts approximately 60 minutes and the cost is €3 per student, with teachers free.
