The Discovery Box is a self-directed resource for children of all ages and their adults to encourage engagement with the artwork in the gallery. 
The Discovery Box is bespoke to each exhibition and contains a series of imaginative tools to employ the creative mind and to investigate the artwork through play and conversation. In participating, it creates a space for people to spend more time with each other exploring the artwork.

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Read a Witness Writing perspective by Toma McCullim HERE

Enjoying the Disconnect (20 March – 2 May 2015) Discovery Box created by Susan Montgomery. Photograph by Emma Jervis Photography.

 

Committed to Falling Discovery Box
29 February to 4 April 2020
Created by artist Sarah Ruttle for the exhibition Committed to Falling by Gabhann Dunne, see here for more information about the exhibition.

Image: A piece from the Committed to Falling Discovery Box, photograph by Sarah Ruttle

 

 

 

Chairs Discovery Box
25 October to 12 December 2019
Created by artist Toma McCullim for the exhibition Chair by Mary A Kelly, see here for more information about the exhibiton. 

 

Image: Chairs Discovery Box, photograph by Toma McCullim

 

The Past is a Foreign Country Discovery Box
31 August to 12 October 2019
Created by artist Sarah Ruttle for the exhibition The Past is a Foreign Country by Anita Groener, see here for more information about the exhibition.  

 

 

Image: Drawing & News, a zoetrope, photograph by Sarah Ruttle

 

 

Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger Discovery Box
July 20 to October 13, 2018
Created by artist Sarah Ruttle for the exhibition Coming Home: Art and the Great Hunger, see here for more information about the exhibition. 

 

Image: Coming Home Discovery Box, with work by Dorothy Cross, Robert Ballagh and Alanna O'Kelly. Photograph by Zenda Williams

 

 

 

Paintings Discovery Box
3 March to 10 April, 2018
Created by artist Sarah Ruttle in response to the exhibition Paintings by David Quinn, see here for more information about the exhibition. 
 

 

Image: Paintings Discovery Box, detail, photograph by Sarah Ruttle

 

 

 

 

  
80: Moving Still Discovery Box
4 November to 12 December 2017
Created by artist Sarah Ruttle in response to the exhibition 80: Moving Still by David Seeger, see here for more information about the exhibition.  

Image: 80: Moving Still Discovery Box. Photo by Kevin O'Farrell Photographer. 
 

 

The Edge of the Landscape Discovery Box
15 July to 31 August 2017
Created by artist Toma McCullim in response to the exhibition William Crozier: The Edge of the Landscape, see here for more details about the exhibition.

 

Image: The Edge of the Landscape Discovery Box. Photo by Zenda Williams.