Our Work in Numbers 2025
Just some of the things we did in 2025 that made us proud:
We launched 1 five year strategy, 2025 to 2030, marking the next evolution of our ongoing efforts to delivering sustained impact through accessible and engaging cultural experiences that expand cultural habits and build lasting connections between people and the place they live.
We made cultural projects with 18,524 people in Dublin.
We led 1,209 creative workshops with 74 artists and makers in our Creative Residency Programme and Culture Connects programmes.
We commissioned 80 speakers or contributors for our events as part of the Dublin Festival of History and for talks programmed at 14 Henrietta Street and Richmond Barracks.
We ran 569 cultural workshops, talks or events, involving 23,327 audience members.
35,625 people attended guided tours of 14 Henrietta Street Museum.
1,490 people attended outdoor guided tours at 14 Henrietta Street Museum or Richmond Barracks about history, biodiversity, the city and the local communities.
We made projects happen within 330 partnerships with museums, galleries, libraries, cultural organisations, community networks, and activity groups.
As part of our programme, Culture Club, we welcomed 5,324 people to 326 events with our partners in various cultural spaces across the city.
We organised 3 Fairs at Richmond Barracks, highlighting the work of 64 local vendors and creatives. 7,310 people attended.
120 people participated in our advisory working groups which help guide our current and future work.
We spoke at 8 conferences in four countries, presenting the work of our Company in Ireland, England (Museum Ideas 2025, September; Hands On! International Association of Children in Museums, November), the Netherlands (Culture Next, June) and in Guadeluope (Agenda21).
We had an aggregate digital reach of approximately 1.37 million for the year, with 316,189 visitors to our websites and over 42,000 social media followers.
We recorded 80 features or items of coverage of our programmes and buildings in local, national and international press across print, radio and digital media.