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Galway City Museum has just announced Museum Lates, a series of late opening hours and free events running at the museum from June 25 until the end of the year.

Visitors looking for inspiration this summer are invited to explore Earth Action, a new climate-focused exhibition at Galway City Museum. Created by Melanie Lynch, Director of OurStory, and featuring the work of Galway artists Róisín Coyle and Eugene McKeown, the exhibition shines a light on the positive steps communities can take to address climate challenges.

Galway City Museum has been awarded a grant of almost €26,000 under the Heritage Council’s 2026 Heritage Stewardship Fund to support the digitisation of the William Henry and John Monahan Collection.

Galway City Museum is pleased to announce the introduction this weekend of Silent Saturdays commencing this Saturday 28 March; and continuing at the end of every month for the rest of the year. This is a new sensory-friendly initiative designed to provide a more comfortable and accessible museum experience for neurodivergent visitors, individuals with sensory differences, and anyone who benefits from a quieter environment.

Members of the public with an interest in water quality are being invited to an information meeting on Thursday, October 9, in Loughrea, where plans for a new Catchment Community Forum (CCF) for Galway Bay South East will be discussed.

After years of determination and dedication, the doors of the Pawel Edmund Strzelecki Polish House have opened, offering a cultural centre, a true home of memory, pride, and belonging.

Galway City Museum has announced the latest additions to its exhibitions. In 2024, the Museum was awarded €15,000 through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media’s Regional Museum Exhibitions Scheme. This funding has enabled the Museum to commission a stunning 3D model of a 16th-century Tower House, now on display as part of the Keepers of the Gael exhibition.

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 Simon Community has issued a Homelessness Crisis Appeal as the homelessness crisis continues in the West. The charity has raised concerns as the number of people living in Emergency Accommodation across Galway, Mayo and Roscommon continues to rise across every age group.

Liberty IT and Galway City Museum have announced the launch of a new educational partnership pilot to support STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) learning for young people with the creation of a new digital skills initiative.