Hugh Lane Gallery
Modern and contemporary art gallery in Charlemont House with Bacon’s studio, Impressionist works and family workshops. Currently closed for multi-year refurbishment.
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City art gallery in Charlemont House on Parnell Square North with a strong focus on modern and contemporary art. Families usually start in the rooms of French Impressionist and 20th-century painting before heading to the reconstructed London studio of Francis Bacon and the Sean Scully room. The building is compact enough to manage with children, with lifts between floors and wide corridors, and visits often combine a short look around with a workshop or Sunday concert. The gallery’s education team runs family workshops, Sunday sketching, teen culture clubs and summer camps during the year. From late September 2025 the building is temporarily closed for a multi-year refurbishment, so most public-facing activity is now happening off-site or online.
- Reconstructed London studio of Francis Bacon, relocated to Dublin and displayed with thousands of original objects and documents.
- Dedicated Sean Scully room plus strong holdings of French Impressionist and modern European painting.
- Stained glass room including Harry Clarke’s panel The Eve of Saint Agnes.
- Free general admission to the permanent collection when the gallery is open.
- Long-running Sundays at Noon concert series and regular talks, tours and film screenings.
- Family programmes including Sunday Sketching, children’s workshops, teen culture clubs and holiday art camps.
- Historic Georgian setting in Charlemont House on Parnell Square North.
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Good to know
About
City art gallery in Charlemont House on Parnell Square North with a strong focus on modern and contemporary art. Families usually start in the rooms of French Impressionist and 20th-century painting before heading to the reconstructed London studio of Francis Bacon and the Sean Scully room. The building is compact enough to manage with children, with lifts between floors and wide corridors, and visits often combine a short look around with a workshop or Sunday concert. The gallery’s education team runs family workshops, Sunday sketching, teen culture clubs and summer camps during the year. From late September 2025 the building is temporarily closed for a multi-year refurbishment, so most public-facing activity is now happening off-site or online.