Current Exhibitions

The National Library has dedicated exhibition spaces both in its principal buildings on Kildare Street and in the National Photographic Archive in Temple Bar. In addition to the major exhibitions on display in these areas, the Library regularly mounts smaller exhibitions in other parts of its buildings. Listed below are the exhibitions currently on display in National Library buildings.


Small Lives - Photographs of Irish Childhood 1880 - 1970
Exhibition at the National Photographic Archive Templebar Small Lives - Photographs of Irish Childhood 1880 - 1970 will run from 25th August 2011 until June 2012.

Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
Main Building, Kildare Street: 25 May 2006 -

Discover Your NLI: Particles of the Past
Medieval manuscripts, letters from the front and "throw-away treasures".