Open House 2025 guests will start their experience indoors with an introduction to the Photographer’s Darkroom in the subterranean level at Photo Museum Ireland in Temple Bar, followed by a Steve Pyke exhibition and building tour. We will then venture outdoors for a pinhole photography workshop to create a portrait of a famous building at its Dublin 1 location. Participants will learn how to set up their pinhole camera (provided) for image capture, then return to the photographer’s darkroom to develop their captured image. A digital scan of each negative will then be produced in the Artist Digital Suite at Photo Museum Ireland to reveal the positive image in digital form, where it will be shared via email with participants for social sharing under the tags #openhouse2025 #photomuseumireland.

Steve Pyke exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland:

Acclaimed photographer Steve Pyke’s landmark series of literary portraits has created a definitive visual survey of leading contemporary Irish writers, playwrights and poets. Encompassing over 100 individual portraits, this important series is a visual testament to the diversity and vitality of contemporary Irish literature.

Meeting point: Museum shop

Pre-Book Only

Easy Read information (designed for people with intellectual disabilities, people who can’t read well, and people whose first language is not English)
Sensory Rooms (designated areas that individuals with sensory issues can use to retreat to when feeling overstimulated)

Wheelchair accessible
Accessible Toilets
Assistance Dogs welcome