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National Print Museum Dublin museum celebrating print and its impact on the world. Free entry. Exhibitions, tours, letterpress workshops and more. Charity no 20027711.

Who is joining us to celebrate our 30th with The BIG Type Festival this weekend?!Most of the ticketed events are fully b...
31/08/2026

Who is joining us to celebrate our 30th with The BIG Type Festival this weekend?!

Most of the ticketed events are fully booked but we still have a small number of spaces for the in conversation with event on Saturday evening, and then the Community Day on Sunday is drop in with no booking required. So there’s still time to get involved!

Photo by Mark Stedman featuring Annie Atkins, Djamel White and Mary Plunkett with her apprentices!

31/08/2026

The countdown is on! The BIG Type Festival kicks off this Friday evening, 4 September!🎉

As we celebrate this milestone anniversary, we’re looking forward to welcoming both long-standing friends and first-time visitors for a weekend of talks, discussions, workshops and live printing events.

One of our speakers and long-standing supporters is Annie Atkins. Here’s a lovely flashback (by Adobe Creative Cloud) to Annie at the Museum 10 years ago!

While Annie’s event with Chris Haughton is fully booked, with a huge waiting list, we hope this won’t be the last you’ll see of Annie at the Museum. Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to hear about future events: https://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/subscribe/

You can check out Annie’s beautiful new book, Cackle Crackle: Letters from a Witch, in all good bookshops now!

More great coverage of the Museum as we celebrate our 30th anniversary with The BIG Type Festival!Explore the programme ...
29/08/2026

More great coverage of the Museum as we celebrate our 30th anniversary with The BIG Type Festival!

Explore the programme on our website. Some events are fully booked with long wait lists, so don’t delay!

The Irish Times

This night next week, we kick off The BIG Type Festival with Anthony Burrill and Maser in conversation.While their pract...
28/08/2026

This night next week, we kick off The BIG Type Festival with Anthony Burrill and Maser in conversation.

While their practices are distinct, both artists share a deep connection to typography and graphic communication. Their collaborations with the National Print Museum, Hope by Anthony Burrill and Parallels by Maser, demonstrate how letterpress printing can be used to communicate timely and resonant social messages.

Working across public spaces, publishing and design, Burrill and Maser have each developed a visual language that is both accessible and impactful. This conversation will explore their creative processes, the role of typography in shaping public dialogue and the enduring relevance of letterpress as a medium for contemporary expression.

The talk will be followed by a Print Party with a new print release and DJ set by Burrill.

Last three spots! https://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/whats-on/anthony-burrill-and-maser-in-conversation/

In town for the match this weekend?Come pull a cheeky print with us! We’re only around the corner from Aviva Stadium! TC...
28/08/2026

In town for the match this weekend?

Come pull a cheeky print with us! We’re only around the corner from Aviva Stadium!

TCU Football
North Carolina Tar Heels

As part of the upcoming BIG Type Festival, we're delighted to bring you a Community Day on Sunday 6 September!Come and e...
25/08/2026

As part of the upcoming BIG Type Festival, we're delighted to bring you a Community Day on Sunday 6 September!

Come and experience live printing demonstrations from our collection with our treasured panel of retired printers and compositors.

Get hands-on with mini workshops and demos led by our regular workshop facilitators and artists Susan Leen, Sarah O’Dea, Ann Kavanagh and Mary Plunkett.

And the best part? Every visitor will have the opportunity to leave with a suite of printed keepsakes!

Sunday 6 September,12.00-16.00
Free, drop-in event, no booking necessary
Suitable for all ages

Supported by the Aviva Stadium Community Fund.

After Hours at the Museum is back again this Thursday and the last Thursday of every month until and including October.W...
25/08/2026

After Hours at the Museum is back again this Thursday and the last Thursday of every month until and including October.

We're open until 21.00 with a guided tour at 18.00. Book here https://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/whats-on/after-hours/

Supported by the After Hours at the Museum Scheme by Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

For August Craft Month, we invited visitors to respond to what craft means to them.Working alongside our Letterpress Lea...
24/08/2026

For August Craft Month, we invited visitors to respond to what craft means to them.

Working alongside our Letterpress Learning Officer and Technician, Mary Plunkett, they handset and printed their individual responses.

Here’s a small taste of the beauty they created…

What does craft mean to you?


Photos Mark Henderson

Annie Atkins is coming up on RTE Radio One’s Arena this evening to discuss her new book, hugely impressive body of work ...
18/08/2026

Annie Atkins is coming up on RTE Radio One’s Arena this evening to discuss her new book, hugely impressive body of work and involvement in The BIG Type Festival with Rick O’Shea.

The event featuring Atkins and Chris Haughton is now fully booked. Join the wait list and explore the rest of the programme here https://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/whats-on/the-big-type-festival/

Annie Atkins is an author and designer based in Dublin, who specialises in creating paper props for period filmmaking, including old newspapers, maps, letters and official documents. She has worked on films directed by Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg and others, and designed the map featured in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Her book Fake Love Letters explores the craft of designing graphic props for filmmaking, and her first picture book, Letters from the North Pole, was picked by the Sunday Times as one of its top children’s books of the year. Her latest picture book, Cackle Crackle: Letters from the Witch, is now available to pre-order.

Tune in at 19.00 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/arena/

The National Print Museum announces a Call for Artists Responding to the 1916 Proclamation in 2026.To mark the 110th ann...
18/08/2026

The National Print Museum announces a Call for Artists Responding to the 1916 Proclamation in 2026.

To mark the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Proclamation and the Museum’s 30th anniversary, the Museum will commission seven contemporary artists to create new print-based works responding to the Proclamation and its relevance in contemporary Ireland.

The exhibition will be curated by Carla Marrinan Funder (National Print Museum) and Brian Crowley (Office of Public Works). Seven artists will be selected, representing the seven signatories of the Proclamation.

Read more and apply here https://www.nationalprintmuseum.ie/call-for-artists-responding-to-the-1916-proclamation-in-2026/

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