Artform:
Event Type:
Photo Credit:
National Museum of Ireland
Start Date:
27/05/2022
End Date:
27/05/2022
Time of Event:
2:30pm-3:15pm
Ticket Price:
Free, but ticketed
Online or In-Person?
In-Person
Event Venue:
National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology
Event Street Address:
Kildare Street
Event Town/City:
Dublin
Event County:
Contact phone:
0876166271
Event Description:
To mark the festival of Bealtaine, celebrating the arts and creativity as we age, join Dr Niamh Curtin, Assistant Keeper at NMI – Archaeology and co-curator of the newly opened exhibition Colmcille: Sacred objects of a Saint – 1500 years of devotion on this special tour of the exhibition. Discover more about the life of St. Colmcille, the objects associated with him, including the Shrine of the Cathach and St. Colmcille’s Crozier, and how the saint was revered in the Medieval Period.
This tour will also take place on Wednesday 18th May at 11:30am.
For more information, please see museum.ie or email educationarch@museum.ie
