Science Gallery: 10 Years of Art Meets Science: Documentary On Newstalk
15 November 2019 - 46 minsIn our latest Documentary on Newstalk, producers Shaun O’Boyle and Maurice Kelliher present a programme which marks the first 10 years of Science Gallery; a game-changing public gallery space in Dublin that redefined the relationship between science, art, and culture—in ‘Science Gallery: 10 Years of Art Meets Science’.
In 2008, a former car park on Pearse Street, at the edge of Trinity College Dublin, was replaced by a new kind of science museum: Science Gallery Dublin. A world first, Science Gallery has altered the cultural and scientific landscape in Ireland—and internationally.
Before 2008, there was a widespread mistrust of science and scientists in Ireland, despite a massive investmen...
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