Events
Events
MoLI hosts a programme of events across the museum, including performances, readings, talks and workshops. Join our newsletter below to hear about upcoming events, or become a member to benefit from advance booking.
Upcoming events at MoLI

March Director’s Book Club
28 March 2023 | 17.00 | Online
For our March Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 28 March, at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Brendan Behan's book, The Borstal Boy, with writer Patrick McCabe joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. We also have a number of copies of the book available in the MoLI shop, as well as a book bundle featuring the books for the first three book club sessions.



Bright Sparks Presents: Little Love Lessons Family Story and Art Workshop with Tarsila Kruse
1 April 2023 | 11.00 12.30 | LitLab (MoLI)
Join author-illustrator Tarsila Krüse on Saturday, 1 April, in a collective colourful art-making session for all the family, filled with dreams and magic! Inspired by her latest book Little Love Lessons, you are all invited to contribute to this collective art piece, adding your own doodles, drawings and colourful cut-outs on a giant roll of paper!
11am - 11.45am for 0-4yr olds
12.30pm - 1.15pm for 4-6 yr olds, with ISL Interpreter for the Deaf Community
Individual ticket €5
Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) €15



May Director’s Book Club
30 May 2023 | 17.00 | Online
For our May Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 30 May at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Anne Enright's novel, The Gathering, with the author joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. We also have a number of copies of the book available in the MoLI shop, as well as a book bundle featuring the books for the first three book club sessions.
Previous events at MoLI



May Director’s Book Club
30 May 2023 | 17.00 | Online
For our May Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 30 May at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Anne Enright's novel, The Gathering, with the author joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. We also have a number of copies of the book available in the MoLI shop, as well as a book bundle featuring the books for the first three book club sessions.



Bright Sparks Presents: Little Love Lessons Family Story and Art Workshop with Tarsila Kruse
1 April 2023 | 11.00 12.30 | LitLab (MoLI)
Join author-illustrator Tarsila Krüse on Saturday, 1 April, in a collective colourful art-making session for all the family, filled with dreams and magic! Inspired by her latest book Little Love Lessons, you are all invited to contribute to this collective art piece, adding your own doodles, drawings and colourful cut-outs on a giant roll of paper!
11am - 11.45am for 0-4yr olds
12.30pm - 1.15pm for 4-6 yr olds, with ISL Interpreter for the Deaf Community
Individual ticket €5
Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) €15



March Director’s Book Club
28 March 2023 | 17.00 | Online
For our March Director's Book Club – on Tuesday, 28 March, at 5pm on Zoom– we will be reading Brendan Behan's book, The Borstal Boy, with writer Patrick McCabe joining us to discuss the book. Check the latest MoLI Members' Bulletin for details, or become a member today to join the book club. We also have a number of copies of the book available in the MoLI shop, as well as a book bundle featuring the books for the first three book club sessions.


Launch of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed
7 March 2023 | 19.00 | MoLI
Join MoLI and UCD on 7 March at 7pm for the launch of Sara Ahmed's new book The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. InThe Feminist Killjoy Handbook Ahmed draws on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers and combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime. For this event, Ahmed will be introduced by Professor Kath Browne, UCD School of Geography.
The event will be followed by a drinks reception.


March First Fridays
3 March 2023 | 18.00 | MoLI
Join us on Friday, 3 March, from 6pm to 9pm for First Fridays. The museum will be open late, until 9pm, with free admission and a range of programmed events, including an interview with the creative team behind all these words and a reading by poet Victoria Kennefick.
Please note all events are limited capacity and first come, first served. The Commons Café will also be open late.