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Chester Beatty Library

What's On 2013

Please Note: Due to Ireland's hosting of the EU Presidency 1 January to 30 June 2013, access to the Library may be restricted from time to time.  Please ensure you check this website for updates.

There are currently no access restrictions to the Library.

Free guided tours are available at 1pm each Wednesday, 3pm & 4pm on Sunday.
  

All lectures, guided tours & films are on a first-come, first- served basis with no booking required, unless otherwise stated. 

To book workshops/events online, please click here - 1 place is available per person unless otherwise stated e.g. Family Days.

May

Thursday 23 May 1.10pm
Lunchtime Talk Figures as Flowers: Aniconism, Islam and a Unique Chester Beatty Library Manuscript, Finbarr Barry Flood, William R. Kenan Jr, Professor of Humanities, New York University
Thursday 30 May 1.10pm
Lunchtime Talk , Gérôme, Orient in Colour, Dr Edouard Papet, Chief Curator of Sculpture,
Musée D’Orsay, Paris. In association with the Embassy of France

June

Saturday 1 June 2pm
Mandarin language Tour and family-friendly activities with Tiedong Yang
Thursday 6 June 1.10pm
In Focus Tours Magic in the Chester Beatty Library, Brian O'Neill
Free, limited to 15
Saturday 8 - Sunday 9 June 1-4pm
Family Activity and Adult and Teen Drawing Packs
Why not explore the Library with our specially designed activities for families.
We also have a drawing pack for adults and teens to inspire you to draw!
Free
Thursday 13 June 1.10pm
In Focus Tours, Some Illuminated Manuscripts from the Western and Islamic Collections, Mary O'Riordan
Free, limited to 15
Members' Event - Saturday 15 June 11.30am
Film Club screening - El Gusto. El Gusto tells the story of Algerian guitarist Mustafa Tahmi and his fellow musicians who studied and performed together before the political and religious turmoil of Algeria's War of Independence being reunited for an historic concert in Marseille. Please click here for more info.
Saturday 15 June 1-2pm
Thai Dance Performance with Thai Dance Academy, London
In association with the Thai-Irish community, the Royal Thai Embassy London and the Thai Tourist Authority.
Free, no booking required
Sunday 16 June 2pm
Japanese language Tour with Hiromi Anzai
Sunday 16 June 2pm
Irish language Tour with Jack Fitzgerald
Members' Event - Thursday 27 June 10.30am
Visit to the National Bahá’í Centre, Ballsbridge. The first known connection between the Bahá’í Faith and Ireland dates from 1848 and today the community comprises people of many different backgrounds from all around the country and from overseas. Please click here for more info.
Thursday 27 June 1.10pm
In Focus Tours, Chester Beatty's Biblical Papyri (New Testament), Kurt Kullmann
Free, limited to 15

July

Members' Event - Wednesday 3 July 2pm
Film Club screening - Clear the Way. This film reveals the untold story of one of the greatest military units of the American Civil War: The Irish Brigade. Writer and Director, Keith Farrell and Producer, Stephen Rooke introduce Clear the Way on the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Please click here for more info.
Thursday 4 July 1.10pm
In Focus Tours, Icons, Jack Fitzgerald
Free, limited to 15
Saturday 6 - Sunday 7 July 1-4pm
Family Activity and Adult and Teen Drawing Packs
Why not explore the Library with our specially designed activities for families.
We also have a drawing pack for adults and teens to inspire you to draw!
Free
Monday 8 - Friday 12 July 11.30am-1.30pm
Silk Worm Summer Club for 6-11 year olds
Robots
Meet electronic engineer Emre Uzun and make your own robot based on animals found in the Chester Beatty Library.
In association with the Turkish Embassy, Dublin.
Limited to 20 places.

Booking essential, see www.cbl.ie Book Workshops Here
Thursday 11 July 1.10pm
In Focus Tours, Highlights of the Japanese Collection, Mary O'Riordan
Free, limited to 15
Members' Event - Saturday 13 July 11.30am

Film Club screening - Madame Bovary. French Writer and Director Claude Chabrol's meticulous adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's novel. We are delighted to welcome Charlotte Berkery, PhD Research Student, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité to introduce the film. Please click here for more info.

Members' Event - Saturday 13 July 3pm.
Writing, in other words - Talk with award winning writer Nuruddin Farah. One of the most important writers in Africa, he describes his lifelong literary pursuit as an attempt "to keep my country alive by writing about it". In Association with the West Cork Literary Festival. Please click here for more info.
 
Monday 15 - Friday 19 July 11.30am-1.30pm
Silk Worm Summer Club for 6-11 year olds
Around the World of Science
Explore the world of science and make your own electronic toy with engineer Emre Uzun.
In association with the Turkish Embassy, Dublin.
Limited to 20 places.

Booking essential, see www.cbl.ie Book Workshops Here
 
 
Members' Event - Wednesday 17 July 6pm.
Book Club meeting – Madame Bovary. Gustave Flaubert's first published novel features the decline and fall of a doctor's wife. Flaubert's masterpiece is considered a seminal work of Realism and one of the most influential novels ever written. Please click here for more info.
 
Saturday 20 July 2pm
Mandarin language Tour and family-friendly activities with Tiedong Yang
Sunday 28 July 1pm
Arabic language Tour with Karma Shawa
Sunday 28 July 2pm
Intercultural Tours with Community Ambassadors
Japanese language tour with Hiromi Anzai

August

Saturday 3 - Sunday 4 August 1-4pm
Family Activity and Adult and Teen Drawing Packs
Why not explore the Library with our specially designed activities for families.
We also have a drawing pack for adults and teens to inspire you to draw!
Free
Saturday 10 August 2pm
Mandarin language Tour and family-friendly activities with Tiedong Yang
Sunday 11 August 2pm
Japanese language Tour with Hiromi Anzai
Monday 19, Tuesday 20 & Wednesday 21 August 11.30am-1.30pm
Robot-making workshop for teens with Emre Uzun
As part of Heritage Week
Join electronic engineer Emre and make your own robots based on Ottoman Empire characters.
In association with the Turkish Embassy, Dublin.
Free, booking essential. See www.cbl.ie Book Workshops Here. Limited to 10 per workshop
Thursday 22 August 1.10pm
Lunchtime Talk Conserving the Past, Training for the Future, Julia Poirier, Heritage Council Intern, Chester Beatty Library, as part of Heritage Week
Friday 23 August 1.10pm
Lunchtime Talk Lifting the Veil: Mounting Tibetan Thangkas at the Chester Beatty Library. Karen Horton, Independent Textile Conservator, as part of Heritage Week.
Sunday 25 August 2pm
Irish language Tour with Jack Fitzgerald
Thursday 29 August 1.10pm
In Focus Tours, Some Scripts of the Islamic World, Nateghe Moane
Free, limited to 15
Saturday 31 August 2pm
Arabic language Tour with Karma Shawa

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