Science Gallery Dublin - The Story So Far 2017
Pioneered by Trinity College Dublin, Science Gallery is a new kind of space where art and science collide.
What to expect in 2018 at Science Gallery Dublin
From biomimicry and terraforming exoplanets to the brain chemistry of devotion, the 2018 programme at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin will bring you on a wide-ranging journey through cutting-edge science, technology, art and design that responds to some of the critical challenges we are facing globally.
What to expect in 2016 at Science Gallery Dublin
Would you choose to erase a traumatic memory? Will we be farming more guinea pigs than chickens in the future? How much of what you see is really there? And what happens when creativity, art, and engineering mix with power, pain and politics.
From trauma and farming to seeing, design and violence, the 2016 programme at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin will embrace a number of bold and compelling themes offering our visitors opportunities to connect with work that probes surprising, compelling and participative ideas.
What to expect in 2017 at Science Gallery Dublin
Can artificial intelligence really do your job better than you? What does an impossible instrument sound like? Should we be worried that the end of the world can be… entertaining? In 2017, Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin will be answering all of these questions and more.
Visit to Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.
Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.
Food exhibition at the Science Gallery, Dublin
Lynn Scarff from the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin, discusses 'Edible: The Taste of Things to Come' exhibition which features unique collaborations between scientist, artists and foodies alike.
OPEN MIND STUDIO - Transition Year Programme at Science Gallery Dublin
A taster of what happens during the OPEN MIND Studio programme for Transition Year students.
INTIMACY at Science Gallery Dublin Highlights
What is intimacy, and can it be quantified, optimised, or commodified? Will technology compromise the future of human connection, or bring us all together in new and exciting ways?
In INTIMACY, we explore what it means to be connected. Society has become hyperconnected, but just because you’re connected, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s intimate and just because you’re intimate, it doesn’t mean you’re connected. If we are more together than ever, then why are we seeing higher reports of loneliness and anxiety?
BOOK CLUB: HUMANOLOGY hosted by Science Gallery Dublin
We are thrilled to partner with Science Gallery Dublin's Book Club launch. Each quarter, we’ll select a book that piques our interest, spanning topics across art, humanities, science, and technology. You’ll have three months (plenty of time!) to read it before we get together to discuss, dissect and read between the lines.
Have a book you’ve been meaning to read? Nominate it for our second Book Club event by emailing it to us at events@dublin.sciencegallery.com or message us @SciGalleryDub using #SGDBookClub. Five books will be shortlisted and added to a poll on social media so you’ll get the opportunity to vote on your top choice.
If you’ve booked a place in the now SOLD OUT first Book Club event, you can still pick up a copy of Humanology in our Science Gallery Shop (who are giving a special 10% discount to all Book Club attendees!). Subscribe to the Science Gallery newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming meet ups and events.
On the 27th August we are holding our first Book Club meet-up.
We're reading Humanology: A Scientist's Guide to our Amazing Existence by Ireland’s very own Luke O’Neill. It looks at life on Earth and how we as humans fit into its extraordinarily long and complex history. Humanology attempts to explain nearly every aspect of the human experience by delving into a host of fascinating topics, including the science of love and attraction, population control, why we follow religions, whether we’ll be enslaved by robots, cryopreservation, and why mam always know best. Using the most up-to-date theories and findings from a wide range of disciplines, Humanology delivers solid science, but with a side of clever humour and pop culture references that will delight readers.
PROBE: Research Uncovered at Trinity College Dublin
From the sharing economy to symbiotic microorganisms and music that moves around the room, the diverse world of academic research was laid bare at PROBE: Research Uncovered at Trinity College Dublin on September 30th, 2016 as part of EU Researchers' Night.
This free event, hosted in partnership with Science Gallery Dublin, invited visitors to take an up-close look at the fascinating research that is shaping our world – exploring solutions to society’s biggest problems and learning about cutting-edge thinking through debates, interactive workshops, secret screenings and much more.
Huawei - ADAPT 'Video Everywhere' Forum: The Science Gallery Dublin
Nov. 29th 2016. Huawei Ireland & Adapt Centre: Video Professor Forum - Ireland is the perfect platform to encourage and foster Video Research. The Perfect Storm
SEEING: Explore the exhibition at Science Gallery Dublin
Is vision just one way to see? How do our brains interpret what’s in front of our eyes? How do machines understand what they’re looking at, and will they change how we look at the world?
We’re tackling the complex sensory experience of vision and perception at SEEING. We’re illuminating optics, perspective, and comprehension while exploring enhanced and augmented ways of seeing, artificial eyes, and radical alternatives to vision. SEEING explores the subjectivity of sight, the other senses that shape our view of the world, and the unexpected parallels between human and machine vision.
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Science Gallery Dublin at 10
In 2008, a forgotten corner of Trinity College Dublin was transformed into a living experiment called Science Gallery Dublin. Originally planned to attract just 50,000 people per annum, a decade later, over 400,000 people visit the gallery every year to partake in their cutting-edge programme of events, exhibitions and workshops that ignite creativity and discovery where science and art collide. At the tenth-anniversary celebrations, we spoke with artists, scientists, collaborators and team members to find out what Science Gallery Dublin means to them.
Zero Waste Festival at the Science Gallery (Dublin, January 2020)
Zero Waste Festival Ireland partnered up with the Science Gallery and Trinity College Dublin to bring you the first Zero Waste Festival of 2020. As part of the PLASTIC exhibition, the two day Festival welcomed more than 4000 people at our zero waste market, talks, swap shop and workshops. The Festival is volunteer run and community centered event that aims to facilitate zero waste networking, learning, and sharing in Ireland through a series on pop-up festivals including workshops, talks, screenings, and meet-up sessions at various locations. For our upcoming events and zero waste related news, check our website at
Great thanks to all the speakers, you can watch their very informative talks here on YouTube:
- Waste not, want not: The danger and value of our bin content with Dr. Brian Kelleher (
- Zero lab waste – pipe-dream or possible? with Dr. Una Fitzgerald (
- The World of Waste - how to get to Zero with Michele Hallahan (
- Refuse, Reduce, Reuse: Zero Waste Living in Dublin Panel Discussion (
- Zero Waste 101 with Íde Mhic Gabhann (
- Precious Plastic?! – The global abundance of plastic and what to do about it with Dr. Celia Somlai (
- Bio-Plastic Fantastic with Trevor Woods (
- The ECOmedy Hour with Diane O'Connor and guests (
Special thanks also to Marek Juricek of Waterfall Productions for making this video for us. Check his website (waterfallprod.com) and follow him on Facebook ( or Instagram ( to see more of his work.
Video: Marek Juricek of Waterfall Production (waterfallprod.com)
Music: Wings by Tristan Barton (
BLOOD at Science Gallery Dublin
24:10.14–23.01.15
BLOOD: NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED
Twenty-five provocative works that explore the scientific, symbolic and strange nature of blood.
From artists to surgeons, designers to scientists - in any two contexts blood has an entirely different meaning. It can be a life-saving donation, an obsession of the undead, a taboo or a commodity. Its symbolism can be ironic, grotesque, mythical or medical.
Our human preoccupation with blood runs deep, and as a species we’ve had plenty of time to prod and poke, paint and proselytise about blood. So why are we still interested in blood?
Perhaps the answer lies in the fact that blood continues to turn up--- its presence is ubiquitous, yet varied. It is deeply rooted in the practice of art and science over millennia. It appears in turns of phrase, in cutting-edge medical treatments, in paintings, phobias and myths. It has inspired great medical advancements, spurred on notions of race and ‘difference’, driven some of our greatest discoveries and successes and been instrumental to our darkest superstitions.
The result of our open-call process, BLOOD is a rich show, combining the work of artists, surgeons, medics, feminists, designers, engineers, scholars and architects. It walks the line between the colloquial and the clinical, so don’t be surprised if it warms your blood like a good friend and a hot drink, only to later make your blood run cold.
We hope BLOOD propels you into the minds and creations of an eclectic mix of people who explore the myriad ways that we have used this marvelous liquid as a research tool, biological fluid, artistic medium, identifier and symbol.
Just as each story is different, whether sinister or sincere, seductive or surprising, no good story is complete without a bit of blood.
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY at Science Gallery Dublin in 60 seconds
What’s the difference between a collapse, a downfall, and a downright apocalypse? How will it all end, and why do we love to wonder? IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, the new free exhibition at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin, explores why the disastrous can be devilishly entertaining, and whether there’s any truth to these dismal predictions. The exhibition opened on 13th October and will run until 11th February 2018.
SECRET at Science Gallery Dublin in 40 Seconds
What is a secret? Why do humans like to keep and reveal secrets? Why are we attracted to breaking codes and solving puzzles? When are secrets a good thing and who has the right to keep them? Everyone has a secret. What’s yours?
From cryptography, leaks, hidden messages, secret satellites, big data, conspiracy theories, puzzles, Easter eggs and cryptocurrencies, SECRET asks how hackers, spies, journalists, psychologists, criminals, companies and governments are approaching the new world of secrets.
SECRET opened to the public on Friday the 7th of August 2015 and runs until the 1st of November 2015.
For more information and to get your secrets off your chest, check out
SECRET at Science Gallery Dublin
What is a secret? Why do humans like to keep and reveal secrets? Why are we attracted to breaking codes and solving puzzles? When are secrets a good thing and who has the right to keep them? Everyone has a secret. What’s yours?
From cryptography, leaks, hidden messages, secret satellites, big data, conspiracy theories, puzzles, Easter eggs and cryptocurrencies, SECRET asks how hackers, spies, journalists, psychologists, criminals, companies and governments are approaching the new world of secrets.
SECRET opened to the public on Friday the 7th of August 2015 and runs until the 1st of November 2015.
For more information and to get your secrets off your chest, check out
NOVEL CORONAVIRUS 2019: RESPONDING TO A GLOBAL THREAT
What is novel coronavirus 2019 and who is most at risk of contracting it? How is the infection transmitted? Can a vaccine be developed to tackle the spread of the virus? How well equipped is Ireland to contain and manage such viruses?
Science Gallery Dublin hosted a free briefing on Thursday 30th of January to enable the public to delve deeper into the novel coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV) and the science behind the latest virus scare. Looking at the implications for public health in Ireland were moderator Maria Delaney, an investigative journalist for Noteworthy along with experts from areas of immunology and virology including Cillian De Gascun, Director, National Virus Reference Laboratory at UCD, Nigel Stevenson, Assistant Professor in Immunology at Trinity College Dublin and Dr. David McGrath, Medical Director of the College Health Service and a Member of the Trinity College Working Group on the Management of a potential Novel Corona Virus threat.
DESIGN AND VIOLENCE at Science Gallery Dublin
What happens when creativity, art and engineering collide with power, pain and politics?
We have a tendency to view design as always beneficial, an activity that always adds positive value, but design can be also used for malevolent and harmful purposes. Good design does precisely what it was made to do –– even if these intentions are not morally or ethically commendable. DESIGN AND VIOLENCE, a new free exhibition at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin in co-production with The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), examines the myriad ways design intersects with violence, both through intent or through unintended consequences.
From beginnings as an online curatorial experiment at MoMA in 2013, DESIGN AND VIOLENCE now takes its turn as a physical show at Science Gallery Dublin until 22nd January 2017. For the first time, visitors will be able to experience the show in person, exploring how art and technology is used to oppress as well as to resist, and considering the role of design in relation to our rights and bodies — both in Ireland and abroad. This new version of the exhibition has been curated collaboratively by both organisations.
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