Explore, Experience and Enjoy Culture Night 2014 at Trinity College Dublin
Posted on: 17 September 2014
Trinity College will once again open its doors to the public for Culture Night 2014 on Friday 19th September from 5 pm. Culture Night is an annual public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts, all over Ireland. Taking part this year will be Trinity’s Old Library and Book of Kells Exhibition, the Douglas Hyde Gallery, the Science Gallery and the Trinity Long Room Hub.
The Old Library and Book of Kells exhibition will be open free of charge from 5pm to 10pm. Visitors can view the Book of Kells exhibition, as well as the current Long Room exhibition – ‘Emperor of the Irish: Brian Boru and the Battle of Clontarf 1014′. The Library shop will also be open, selling products and gifts related to the Book of Kells and Trinity College. No booking is necessary but a limited amount of visitors are allowed in to the Old Library building.
The Douglas Hyde Gallery will have two exhibitions on display: ‘Dukkha’, a group show featuring the work of five Irish artists working in a variety of media, and a series of Irish silent films made between 1910–1915. The gallery is open to the public from 5pm to 9pm. Staff will be present to discuss the exhibitions with visitors.
A short stroll through the College campus brings you to the Science Gallery and its latest exhibition ‘Strange Weather Forecasts from the Future’, which explores the ways that human cultures understand, adapt to and even attempt to control the weather. The Science Gallery will be open to the public until 11pm. Jennifer McElwain, a lecturer in Plant Palaeoecology and Palaeobiology, will give a talk on ‘The Oldest Strange Weather’ at 6pm in the Paccar Theatre. This talk is free but please book in advance to avoid disappointment.
Trinity’s Long Room Hub will host a selection of exciting events from 6.30pm to 9pm, including the ‘Scribe2Scribe’ exhibition by artist Mags Harnett, and ‘Voices from the Great War: A multilingual evening for Culture Night’ event. There will also be a treasure trail taking place, between 6pm and 8pm. Families can collect a map from Trinity’s Long Room Hub which will take them on a journey through 15 of Trinity’s most treasured buildings to earn the right to call themselves a “citizen of Trinity”. A must for all school-age culture vultures!
Trinity’s Arts Café will also remain open until 9pm for Culture Night!
Brought to you by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in partnership with Dublin City Council and Temple Bar Cultural Trust, Culture Night has grown from a relatively small scale Dublin only cultural event in 2006, to the national event it now is with 350,000 people visiting museums, galleries, historic houses, artists’ studios and cultural centres across the country.