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We are dedicated to both preserving the craft of printing and discovering new futures for print. Keep up to date with how we’ve been doing this with print projects, exhibitions, training programmes, educational initiatives, and more.

The BIG Type Festival

National Print Museum to celebrate 30 Bold Years with The BIG Type Festival Three-day festival of...

Come Fly With Me

Come Fly With Me: Aviation, tourism and Irish design examines Irish cultural history through the...

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After Hours at the Museum

We're excited to announce that the National Print Museum will open late on the last...

Niamh examines an orange and black poster for the play The Plough and the Stars

The Shadow of a Gunman and The Plough & the Stars by Seán O’Casey

The Plough and the Stars and The Shadow of a Gunman are two plays by...

Four Abbey Theatre posters laid out on a table

The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston

The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston focuses on the IRA’s 1927 attempt...

Intern Niamh examines a poster for Translations, illustrated with a green and red leaf

Translations by Brian Friel

Brian Friel’s Translations seeks to explore the impact of British colonisation on Irish culture and...

Intern Niamh poses with four Abbey Theatre posters

Open the Archives Intro: Abbey Theatre Posters

Welcome to the fourth iteration of #OpentheArchives! Meet Niamh O'Donnell, who spent last summer at...

A framed version of Anthony Burrill's HOPE print, propped up against the Wharfdale Stop Cylinder Press on which it was printed

HOPE – Anthony Burrill and the National Print Museum

The much-anticipated Anthony Burrill and National Print Museum collaboration launches for Irish Design Week. Anthony...

Anthony Burrill with the National Print Museum building behind him

Anthony Burrill Collaboration

The National Print Museum announces a collaboration with internationally acclaimed graphic artist Anthony Burrill A...

A close-up of the open spine of an old book in the Museum's collection

An Update from the Documentation Project Manager

As the Museum’s Documentation Project progresses, the Project Manager, Dr Aoife Cosgrove, fills us in...

Marconiphone – 1930 Irish Times

This last ad features the Marconiphone Model 55 portable set and speaker residential radio. Guglielmo...

a case of type seen through a magnifying glass, focus on a single piece of type

Heritage Week 2025

National Heritage Week, an initiative by the Heritage Council, celebrates all things heritage. It brings...

Buy Irish Goods – 1950 Sunday Independent

This advert from the 26 March 1950 Sunday Independent provides insight into Irish economics of...

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