The James Joyce Centre is an educational charity, museum, and cultural institution which promotes the life, literature and legacy of one of the world’s greatest writers, James Joyce. Situated in a stunning Georgian townhouse in Dublin’s North Inner City, the Centre offers visitors historical and biographical information about James Joyce and his influence upon the literary world. We host walking tours, exhibitions, workshops, and lectures for Joycean scholars as well as the casual visitor.
See the door of the famous No. 7 Eccles Street from Ulysses, art exhibitions, and other items that bring the author and his works to life. Participate in our many events, including readings, adaptations, and performances of Joyce’s best loved works. We are also the organiser of the Bloomsday Festival in Dublin.
Our exhibitions include:
Mamalujo: Finnegans Wake as a Work in Progress — A collection of the various installments of Work in Progress, which would eventually be published as Finnegans Wake in 1939. Its staggered publication throughout the 1920s and 1930s are laid bare in a series of original copies of journals, pamphlets, and booklets.
Modality of the Visible: Ulysses VR — An immersive virtual reality project that takes you to several scenes in Ulysses, such as the Martello Tower, Barney Kiernan’s Pub and 7 Eccles Street.
O! O! Monsters — Laura Angell’s colourful textile works ripple with a playful sense of the wild and wonderful, their layered threads and shifting forms recalling the strange presences that inhabit the pages of Ulysses.
Ulysses: An Odyssey — A visual introduction to the story, characters, and themes of Ulysses. Suzanne Freeman recreates each episode in a series of 18 display cases that reference prominent motifs, objects, and locations.
Bloom, Haiku, and the Turning of Peace — An art exhibition by Nickie Hayden that embodies Leopold Bloom’s quiet form of humanity.
We will be open 9-15 June from 10.30am to 4.30pm. Admission is €7 general/€5 concession.
On Bloomsday, Tuesday, 16th June, we will be open free to the public from 9.30am to 6pm. Please click this link for more information: Bloomsday at the James Joyce Centre
In addition to our exhibitions, we have a full line-up of concerts, theatres, tours, talks and more. Click this link for more information: Programme
The James Joyce Centre is supported by the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.