The Dolls House, The Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann and Sticky Fingers Arts

The Dolls House.
Family Exhibition/Workshop.
The Imaginarium Centre, Newry
Thursday 20th August.
11am - 12.30pm / 2pm - 3.30pm.

Sticky Fingers Arts are delighted to host the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann's Kay Hayes collection in NEWRY to celebrate National Heritage week.

The Dolls House is a special project celebrating childhood by bringing life back
to old toys, collecting stories, collecting memories.

On Thursday 20th August, a very special project. Experience the magic of the Doll’s House, create stories inspired by the different characters who have lived in the Doll’s House, explore a miniature world of wonder. Imagine shrinking to fit inside, wandering through the many colourful little rooms.

Create your own dollhouse, stories, games from past times, share your stories, bring your favourite doll, action toy or teddy and explore how children played.

This is a project for the young and the young at heart, a chance to revisit childhood relive memories while making new memories today.

Booking: https://www.stickyfingersarts.co.uk/the-imaginarium-centre

About: https://museumofchildhood.ie/national-heritage-week-seachtain-oidhreachta-naisiunta-newry/

The Doll House workshop invites children and their grown-ups to experience a very special Dollhouse that is part of Kay’s lifetime collection of toys, bequeathed to the Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann in 2026:

https://museumofchildhood.ie/

https://museumofchildhood.ie/doll-houses/

‘Heritage at Risk’ Heritage Week 2026 from the Heritage Council, encourages us to explore the built, natural and cultural aspects of our heritage that are endangered, for us to reimagine and revive these sites, artefacts and practices.

Part of a broad offering from Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann, a multi-award winning, islandwide and diaspora, historic to contemporary first museum exploring childhood and the lived experiences of our children. National Heritage Week, Seachtain Oidhreachta Náisiúnta 2026: https://museumofchildhood.ie/heritage-week/