There’s a slime and a place for getting messy and it’s here with us at EPIC! Catherine McGuinness will be returning to the museum for a seriously slimy science lab. Themed around Easter, we’ll be making slime in spring colours, such as pink, blue and yellow! Come along, get creative and get a little slimy!
Join the Irish Family History Centre in the CHQ Building for a fun grandkids and grandparents art session as part of Bealtaine 2019. Paint a plant pot with granny and grandad to celebrate your family and create your very own design to show off and share your family roots.
This Easter we’ll be making some lovely family memories here at the IFHC in this baby hand and footprint Pitter Patter and Paint workshop!
In this workshop inspired by Irish legend of the Púca and the Easter tradition of colourful eggs, we’ll create our very own Púca and friends egg-themed characters.
Join us over the Easter break for a fun filled trail themed around the Irish legend of the Púca! Based on an old Irish legend, the Púca often appears in Irish folklore as a rabbit or hare to teach naughty humans a thing or two! Follow his paw prints through our galleries and learn some Easter themed stories along your way. For ages 4+.
Calling all budding writers and artists! In this workshop inspired by Irish storytelling culture, you’ll learn how to write and illustrate your very own story. Using simple prompts, stamps and stencils, prepare to take the Irish legend of the Púca on a fun-filled Easter adventure!
This May we welcome back the sensational Singaling for a sunny Summer singalong in this adorable workshop. Bring your little one along for a morning of fun, song and dance on Tuesday 14th May.
Embrace your inner-Dracula and have a fang-tastic Halloween party, this Tuesday 30th October. Come dressed as your favourite spooky character, do creepy arts and crafts, play games and most importantly have loads of fun!
This Halloween, Catherine McGuinness will be returning to the museum for a seriously slimy science lab. Come along, get creative, get a little spooky and learn something new in this fantastically disgusting workshop.
This October we welcome back Karen from SENSEable Tots for a fun, sensory workshop of exploration and messy play!
In our August Tiny Tots Tuesday we are welcoming the lovely Sarah Sparkles for a morning of storytelling, puppets, singalongs and everyone’s favourite – bubbles!
At this fun art workshop, we’ll be making our own books. What will you write inside? Whether you want to come up with your own fantastical fairy tale, a biography written by your pet or a journal about you…the only limit is your imagination!
Our Discovering and Inventing Gallery highlights the amazing Irish contribution to Science and the Cosmos! On the 21st and 22nd of July we’ll have a drop-in creation station in our Education Zone for the kids to make their own astro art.
This July we’re celebrating all things science at EPIC with a special Tech Tour outlining the amazing technology and design used to make our museum!
This Tiny Tots Tuesday in July, we are delighted to join forces with The Gaiety School of Acting to present a Parent and Toddler Theatre class!
As part of the Tall Ships Festival we’ll have an art dock for the creative kids in your life to craft their own ships; from tall ships to pirate ships!
