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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.

Make Your Impression

One gift a year. Help keep the craft alive. Printing is a craft passed...

The BIG Type Festival and the Letterpress Community in Ireland

As we celebrate our 30th anniversary with The BIG Type Festival (4–6 September), we wanted...

Call for Artists Responding to the 1916 Proclamation in 2026

Project Description To mark the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Proclamation and the National Print...

Two designers look at printers' proofs behind held up in front of a printing press.

Heritage Week at the Museum

National Print Museum celebrates Heritage Week 2026 with free tours and live demonstrations The National...

The BIG Type Festival

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

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...

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