Woodturning course for adults
Learn the principles, techniques and skills required to craft your own piece on this one-day woodturning course with Ambrose O’Halloran of the National Woodturners’ Guild. This event will run next Thursday August 26 from 10am to 5pm
Sean Nós Dancing
On Sunday August 29 join the Cunningham family of Fuaim Chonamara to learn some basic sean nós steps and afterwards enjoy a performance. The event takes place from 2.30pm to 4pm.
The music circle
Take this opportunity to pick up that instrument you have left down for too long, exchange music and learn new tunes on the first and third Sunday of every month. The next instalment of the music circle will take place on Sunday September 4 from 3pm to 5pm.
Off the boat
The work of French artist Francois Gunning is now on display in the Museum Café. There are 10 works in the exhibition, each made from, or using, materials gathered from the sea-shore. They comprise paintings on wreckage, mosaics of sea shells, and nettings and ropes woven together. The exhibition runs until September 12.
The museum is open from 10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday and from 2pm to 5pm on Sundays. It is closed on Mondays including bank holidays. For more information you can call the museum on 094 9031755.
