Collection & Exhibition Tours

The Hunt Museum offers discounted, engaging guided gallery visits of the permanent collection and special exhibitions for further education colleges and university students.

These seminar-style discussions are led by Museum staff and volunteers and can be specifically designed to enhance professors’ curricula. Through close observation and guided discussion, students explore art, history, world cultures or museology.

Opportunities are also available to develop collaborative projects culminating in online and gallery-based exhibitions and installations.

800 Years of Fashion

800 Years of Fashion 

Duration: 60mins
€3.50 euro per student. Teachers go free!

During this workshop, students will learn about clothing from the past, covering eight periods between 1200 and 1920, and the societies that wore them. Resources, and objects in the Permanent Collection, will be used as historical evidence to gain a greater understanding of the evolution of fashion and how this relates to changes in society. This is a playful and fun workshop where students will get the opportunity to try on costumes as they learn about the fashion styles and cultures of the past.

 

History

  • Strand 1: The Nature of History
  • Strand 2: The history of Ireland
  • Strand 3: The history of Europe and the wider world

Costume Design for Junior Cycle

This  virtual tour of the Best Costume Goes To… exhibition will take you on a journey through time, exploring clothing from the Viking, Tudor, and Georgian periods. With the help of the Hunt Museum’s resources, you’ll learn about the techniques and processes used to create realistic costumes for film and TV. And the best part? You’ll get to design your own accessory for a historical production with our fun activity pack.

The video below will get you started in the process of researching and designing an accessory for a costume inspired by the Best Costume Goes To… exhibition.

Download Costume Design fo Junior Cycle

Visual Art:

  • Design Strand

History

  • Strand 1: Working with evidence
  • Strand 2: Exploring people, cultures, and ideas

Get fun and creativity in your inbox

Enter your details to sign up to our newsletter.