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Visit Crawford Art Gallery

• The Gallery is free to enter and No booking is required– See our current exhibitions here.
• See our current opening hours here.
• On entry hand sanitiser is available and also at various locations throughout the Gallery.

Opening Hours

Opening Hours
N.B. Last entry is 15 minutes before closing

Monday–Saturday 10.00am–5.00pm*
Thursday until 8.00pm

Sundays and Bank Holidays
11.00 am–4.00pm

Free Tours take place every Thursday at 6:30pm and Sunday at 2pm

Face Coverings and PPE

• The public are no longer required to wear masks however if visitors feel more comfortable they are free to wear masks in the Gallery
• We also bring your attention to the most recent Stay Safe Guidelines issued by the Department of Health here.

Cleaning

• We have enhanced our cleaning procedures throughout the Gallery and in particular regular cleaning and sanitisation of high touch areas.
• Hand sanitiser is available throughout the building.

Lockers 

• Locker facilities are currently available.

Bookshop

• Feel free to browse our bookshop on site and online for a wonderful selection of books, cards etc which can be posted to your door.
• Contactless payment is available.

We will continue to review and update our public safety guidelines to ensure compliance in keeping with National and International best practice to ensure that we are compliant and provide a safe and trusted environment for you.

Crawford Art Gallery is a national cultural institution located in a significant heritage building in the heart of Cork city dedicated to the visual arts, both historic and contemporary. 

The Gallery is home to a collection of national importance telling a compelling story of Cork and Ireland over the last three centuries. 

Open 7 days a week the Gallery is free to enter and a must-see for locals and tourists alike. Crawford Art Gallery’s historic building provides an oasis of calm and tranquillity in the heart of Cork city, a monument to Cork’s 'Golden Age’ and it recalls the ties between commercial success and the development of Cork city in the early eighteenth and nineteenth century. 

Originally built in 1724 as the city’s custom house, the Gallery is home to the famous Canova Casts, gifted to the city of Cork two centuries ago. Well-known and loved works by 20th century Irish artists such as Seán Keating, Harry Clarke, Norah McGuinness, Mainie Jellett and Jack B. Yeats feature in the gallery’s historic collection, while the modern collection features work by contemporary artists such as Eilis O’Connell, Gerard Byrne, Dorothy Cross, Maud Cotter and Hughie O’Donoghue.

Welcoming over a quarter of a million visitors the Gallery boasts an award-winning Café in stunning surroundings, serving fresh local produce for which Cork is famous.

GALLERY CLOSURES

Watercolour Room
Closure ongoing.

PARKING

Parking is available at Paul St. Car Park which is around the corner, or at Carroll's Quay Car Park which is a 5 minute walk across the Christy Ring bridge.

Carroll's Quay car park website.

BUS
The Crawford Gallery is a 10 minute walk from Parnell Place Bus Station.

RAIL
The Gallery is a 15 minute walk from Cork's Kent Station.

Gallery
T +353 (0)21 480 5042
info@crawfordartgallery.ie

Bookshop
T +353 (0)21 480 5042

To contact a member of staff directly,
please see our Contact Us page

Web Accessibility

We are currently working to improve the accessibility of our site. This will be done on an ongoing basis, including adding new accessibility technologies as they become available.

Getting Help
If you find any issues with regard to accessibility for you or someone you know, or if you have ideas on how we can make our website more accessible,  please contact us by phone or email:

Phone: Tel: 021 480 5042
E-mail: info@crawfordartgallery.ie

Coding languages
Our website currently uses the following coding languages to make the site work. PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript.

Irish Language
A number of our Learn and Explore items have been translated into Irish and can be downloaded in PDF format:
https://crawfordartgallery.ie/gniomhaiochtai-as-gaeilge/

Helpful Navigation Features
The TAB key can be used to jump navigate downwards on the page for users who have difficulty navigating with a mouse or pen.

Use of Adobe Acrobat
Some of the information on this website is available in PDF format to provide for easier reading and printing offline. This format is not (except in the case of the latest version, version 5) readily accessible to users with disabilities.

Navigation Aids
Top level navigation is visible at all times.
All pages include a search box.
A widget allows users to increase font size and add contrast to the site for easier reading of text.

Images
All content images on crawfordartgallery.ie include descriptive ALT attributes.

Accessibility in the Gallery

Crawford Art Gallery is fully wheelchair accessible. There is a wheelchair ramp at the entrance for visitors. Our lift, which is located on the ground floor, across from the Lower Gallery, can accommodate wheelchairs and pushchairs.

If you would like assistance planning your visit, please call us on +353 (0)21 480 5042

Visitor Information re: COVID-19

Please click here for information regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

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