Yeats Society Sligo

Over het museum

The Yeats Building stands beside Hyde Bridge on the Garavogue river in the centre of Sligo. It was designed by the Belfast architect Vincent Craig in the Arts and Crafts style and completed in 1899 as a branch of the Belfast Banking Company. Its asymmetrical plan and red brick and stone details are unusual for a bank, and the bank chose the site because of its business ties with the Sligo Steam Navigation Company, which was owned by the family of the poet's mother, the Pollexfens.

The Allied Irish Banks later gave the building to Yeats Society Sligo in 1973 as a memorial to the Yeats family. The society had been founded in 1958 after a successful Yeats festival in the town, and it started the Yeats International Summer School in 1960, which is now one of the longest-running literary summer schools in the world. The building serves as the society's headquarters and as a venue for events.

Visitors can see the permanent exhibition The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats, which presents the poet's ideas through the image of the gyre and includes artworks by members of the Yeats family and a room on the family's links with Sligo. The building also has a gift shop and the Hyde Bridge Gallery, which shows work by new and established artists and is free to enter. The society offers talks, tours of the town and tours of the Yeats landscape in County Sligo on request.

Hoogtepunten

• Permanent exhibition The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats
• Artworks by members of the Yeats family and a room on the family and Sligo
• Arts and Crafts building of 1899 beside Hyde Bridge
• Free Hyde Bridge Gallery for contemporary art
• Talks, town walks and tours of the Yeats landscape by arrangement

Vaste collectie

• The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats – A permanent exhibition built around the gyre, with artworks by the Yeats family and a room on the family’s connections with Sligo.

Opgericht

1973

Beheerder

Yeats Society Sligo

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices are for The Poetic Mind of WB Yeats exhibition; entry to Hyde Bridge Gallery is free. Tickets can be booked online or bought at the door.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The website has an accessibility statement for the site itself but gives no details about step-free access in the building.

Kinderen & gezin

Beperkt geschikt voor kinderen

Children under 12 enter free; the exhibition is aimed at readers of Yeats.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The building is in the centre of Sligo on the bank of the Garavogue, just off O’Connell Street.

Service & horeca

• Museumwinkel

A small gift shop sells locally made jewellery, cards, books and Yeats Society merchandise. Poetry afternoon tea can be booked.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Privéfeesten
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Rooms and a library are available for hire, including for weddings and meetings.

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