Hugh Lane Gallery
Hugh Lane Gallery
The Hugh Lane Gallery is located in Charlemont House on Parnell Square in Dublin's City Centre.
Image courtesy of The Irish TimesHugh Lane Gallery
Image courtesy of The Irish Times
Image courtesy of The Irish Times
Hugh Lane Gallery
The Hugh Lane Gallery is located in Charlemont House on Parnell Square in Dublin's City Centre.
Image courtesy of The Irish TimesThe Hugh Lane Gallery is located on Parnell Square and is funded by Dublin City Council. It focusses on modern works of art and houses roughly 2,000 exhibits in its collection.
The original collection was donated by Sir Hugh Lane and included masterpieces by Renoir, Degas and Monet.
The gallery is also home to the Francis Bacon Studio. Bacon was a celebrated artist who was born in Dublin in 1909 and the entire contents of Bacon's London studio, including the paint pots, were donated to the gallery in 1988.
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital Kilmainham
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Courtesy of Dept. of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
The Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) was established by the Irish government in 1990. It opened to the public in May 1991.
Its aim is to help cultivate an appreciation and understanding of the visual arts in Ireland. It does this through hosting exhibitions and through their own education programme. Over 400,000 people visit both the museum and events organised by IMMA each year.
IMMA is based in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham. The Royal Hospital was founded in 1684 by James Butler, the Duke of Ormonde, as a home for injured or retired soldiers.
It carried on as a hospital for the next 250 years before falling into disrepair. However, in 1984, the government set about restoring the hospital to its previous condition.