This exhibition comes to The Model from NUI Galway, and explores Yeats’s life, work, and legacy through his connections to the west. Rare artworks, books, manuscripts, and exclusive images, photographs, and film feature in an exhibition that reveals the impact of western heritage on W.B. Yeats and the wider Yeats family. Their commitment to crafts and culture created a western revolution that shaped modern Ireland.
Come and find out more!
Visit our exhibition
The Model opening hours
Tues – Sat: 10am – 5.30pm
Thurs: 10am – 8pm
Sun: 12 – 5pm
Mon: Closed
Join in our series of tours and talks.
Yeats & the West Tours & Talks
Thursdays 24 March – 12 May 2016
Curators Tours 1pm. Public Talks 6pm
Learn more at our workshops. Every Thursday during the exhibition our curators and visiting speakers will also conducting a series of exclusive tours and workshops, designed for different age groups.
To register and for more information about our programme of education and schools events please contact schoolvisits@nuigalway.ie
For more information about studying at NUI Galway, click here.
Workshop programme (subject to change – please contact schoolvisits@nuigalway)
Thursday March 31st
Barry Houlihan, Archivist, NUI Galway
Studying the Archives
Thursday April 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
Dr Adrian Paterson (and guests)
Yeats & Ireland’s Cultural Revolution – followed by Poetry Workshop
Thursday May 5th
Dr Ian Walsh
Twentieth Century Irish Drama
Thursday May 12th
Dr Mary Harris
Revolution and Testimony: studying sources in Ireland’s Troubles
Presented in association with NUI Galway, Yeats & the West features research input from the university’s Moore Institute for the Humanities, exclusive materials from the James Hardiman Library, from the National Library of Ireland, and from The Model’s own collections. The exhibition represents NUI Galway’s continuing contribution to the Decade of Commemorations and to Yeats2015, the worldwide series of cultural events marking the poet’s 150th birthday.
For more information about studying at NUI Galway, click here.
