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Galway City Museum, in association with the Marine Institute, is proud to unveil An Tír Faoi Thoinn – The Land Beneath the Waves, a striking new underwater photography exhibition that brings visitors face to face with the extraordinary marine life that thrives beneath the surface of Galway Bay.

The Gaelic Athletic Association, founded in 1884, has played a central role in Irish cultural and social life for over a century, extending far beyond the playing fields. This rich history will be explored through objects both iconic and unexpected in an illustrated talk at Galway City Museum by cultural historian Siobhán Doyle of the National Museum of Ireland on January 24 from 2:00–3:00pm.

Galway City Museum is delighted to welcome visitors throughout the festive season, with adjusted opening hours to accommodate holiday schedules. The Museum will be open on Tuesday, 23 December from 10am to 5pm, and will close from Wednesday, 24 December to Monday, 29 December (inclusive).

Galway City Museum will hold its special Winter Talk Series at Westside Resource Centre (H19 C1KX), running from November 2025 to March 2026. Developed in response to community interest, the series offers an engaging mix of folklore, local history, built heritage, and environmental storytelling to brighten the darker months.

Galway City Museum is delighted to announce two free family Halloween workshops – tonight Thursday 30 October and Friday 31 October from 10:30am to 12:30pm – as part of Galway City Council’s spine-tingling Gaillimh Ah-Boo! programme for 2025.

The Heritage Council’s theme for National Heritage Week 2025 is ‘Exploring Our Foundations’. Galway City Museum is running a series of FREE guided tours focusing on the origins of Galway – from Gaelic fort to Anglo-Norman town – with emphasis on iconic Museum objects which have helped to shape the character of Galway city. These Heritage Week events take place at the Museum from Saturday August 16 to Friday August 22, 12pm to 12:45pm.

Galway City Museum commissioned LEGO® brick artist, Jessica Farrell, to create twelve tiny models, using LEGO® bricks and minifigures, to depict scenes from Galway’s past and present. The mini models featuring Pádraic Ó Conaire, Grace O’Malley, Turlough O’Connor and St MacDara, to name a few, have been strategically placed at different locations throughout the museum. The aim of the new Tiny Treasure Hunt is to find all characters and tick them off as you navigate through the galleries.

Galway City Museum was recently awarded €15,000 in the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Regional Museum Exhibitions Scheme 2024. This funding will be used to further enhance exhibition engagement at the Museum.

The new exhibition, Surrounded by Stone, Galway: 1100 BC – AD 1750 was last week officially launched at Galway City Museum. The opening was performed by Lynn Scarff, Director of the National Museum of Ireland. Other speakers at the event included the Mayor of the City of Galway, Cllr. Eddie Hoare, Chief Executive of Galway City Council, Leonard Cleary and the Director of the Galway City Museum, Eithne Verling.

The year 2024 marks the 1500th anniversary of the death of St Brigid (c. 450–524) of Ireland, who some scholars believe is a personality generated during the period of transition from Irish Paganism to Christianity, replacing the goddess Brigit, the Irish manifestation of the Celtic Brigantia.