Since opening in September 2019, MoLI has hosted over thirty exhibitions – each one a different perspective on Irish literature, and each a unique take on what a literary exhibition can be.
Explore our digital exhibitions
Did you miss out on an exhibition about your favourite author at the museum? Many of our physical exhibitions also enjoy a longer life in digital form on RadioMoLI.
How do poetry, storytelling and language offer a way to connect – or reconnect – with nature? In Wild Earth , we explore this question by immersing ourselves in over ninety texts by Irish writers, dating from the sixth century to the present day. The varied representation of nature in ...
Delving into the rich tradition of oral storytelling in Ireland, ‘Thar Balach Isteach’ explores the story of Peig Sayers, known as ‘Banríon Scéalaithe Éireann’ (The Queen of the Irish Storytellers) and the storytellers of the Blaskets.
This mobile exhibition recounted the life and works of Frederick Douglass, who wrote the pivotal memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845, as well as his relationship with Ireland and the Irish people.
Alan Gilsenan’s Ulysses | Film was a personal response to, and cinematic ‘reading’ of, Joyce’s iconic novel. Fractured and poetic, reverent and irreverent, the film was a ragbag of sorts; a myriad of images and sounds emerging from the infinite wonders of Joyce’s imaginary world.
