Programmes

14 Henrietta Street
14 Henrietta Street is a social history museum of Dublin life, from one building’s Georgian beginnings to its tenement times. We connect the history of urban life over 300 years to the stories of the people who called this place home.

Culture Club
Culture Club is a series of hosted talks and tours that introduce and encourage people to connect with the cultural spaces of the city.
We invite people to see, experience and learn about Dublin’s cultural places.
Events are free but should be booked in advance.

Tea & Chats
We want to listen, explore and learn about what’s important to the people of Dublin, to understand what matters to them.

Richmond Barracks
Richmond Barracks is a building of historical importance located in Inchicore.
It is home to a library, garden, and Culture Connects, a programme of cultural activities that celebrate the experiences and interests of the local communities and people

Culture Connects
We want to open up ways for people to experiment with all kinds of culture.
Culture Connects is a year-round programme that invites people in Dublin to try out new things.

Creative Residencies
We create partnerships to try out ideas, test new approaches and add to the cultural story of the city.
Creative Residencies encourage makers and experts to pilot new reciprocal partnerships with organisations.

Cultural Audit and Map
We have built a database and map of Dublin’s culture. The Cultural Audit and Map adds to Dublin City Council’s knowledge base to inform decisions by the city council departments, planners and strategists.

Culture Near You
We are making the city’s cultural buildings, organisations and networks more visible and easier to find to let people know what cultural spaces, venues and people are in their neighbourhood.

The National Neighbourhood
We build cultural projects with communities, connecting artists, groups, and villages with libraries, museums and creative places across Dublin City.

Dublin City Historians in Residence
Dublin City Historians in Residence work in neighbourhoods across the city to encourage local people to engage with history, and to promote its sources and discussion, especially the historical collections in Dublin City Library and Archive.

Historian in Residence for Children
In September 2020, Dervilia Roche was announced as Dublin’s first Historian-in-Residence for Children.

Dublin Festival of History
The Dublin Festival of History is an annual festival with free events like walks, talks, tours, screenings, and more.

Advisory Group
We know that our work is more impactful when we collaborate, listen, and learn from others. We are stronger together and that is why we consult widely across the city to make sure that a variety of perspectives inform the relevance and quality of what we do.

Dublin City Tourism Unit
The Dublin City Tourism Unit provides a key tourism advisory function from within Dublin City Council. We advise and support the city on all aspects of tourism development as well as provide several key functions such as tourism strategy development, data and insights reporting, tourism project management and product development.