Visit IMMA in the academic year 2024/25
For information on visiting IMMA with a second-level class and booking a guided tour, click here.
Until 17 March 2025, the focus of second-level visits is the popular must-see exhibition, Take a Breath.
IMMA organises two Transition Year experiences during the academic year. Over the course of 4 days (Tue-Fri) TY students explore the museum, both the galleries and behind the scenes, discovering who works at IMMA, and what they contribute to IMMA’s activities. The TY Experience next academic year will be held on 4-7 November 2025 and 24-27 February 2026.
To stay up-to-date, subscribe by clicking here for our Mailing List and select Second level Art Teachers. For information on programmes, exhibitions, resources, and with any queries about the above information, email Mark Maguire.
Explore this resource about the exhibition Take a Breath as part of the In Focus series. These notes, with exhibition overview and images, can be used by teachers and students at second level before, during and after a visit to this exhibition at IMMA. The In Focus series is designed and written by Lisa Moran, Curator: Engagement and Learning, IMMA.
Explore the online archive of second level resources, of exhibitions by artists Chloe Dewe Mathews, Patrick Scott, Eileen Gray, Alice Maher, Rivane Neuenschwander, Dorothy Cross, and Hélio Oiticica.
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| 1 | An overview introduction to types of curator, exhibitions, museums |
| 2 | Developing the idea for an exhibition, theme, research |
| 3 | Preparation for exhibition, budget, securing loans, transport, condition reports |
| 4 | Installation, maintenance, lighting, safety, humidity, labels, texts, mediation |
| 5 | Audience engagement, tours, documentation, archiving, legacy |
IMMA have produced the What is …? information programme, which explores key themes and issues in relation to modern and contemporary art, through a series of talks, information booklets and web-based resources. As part of this programme, a Glossary was created containing a select number of terms relating to the subjects of Modern and Contemporary Art. This glossary is not comprehensive or exhaustive and is intended to be informative rather than definitive. This glossary will be developed, amended and expanded over time.
You can listen back to a selection of previous Talks by visiting our Soundcloud channel. IMMA has a dynamic talks programme with regular contributions from artists, historians and curators, all discussing underlying themes from the Exhibitions and Collection programmes at IMMA. Selected recordings are part of the IMMA Audio Archive in operation from 1991 to present.