‘Traveller Collection’ was a 3-part art project in 2018 that aimed to show a way of integrating Traveller culture into mainstream museums and galleries.
Art piece from Dublin City Gallery* at Pavee Point – for One Day Only
Street Singer’ by Jerome Connor from the collection of Dublin City Gallery was exhibited at Pavee Point. This was the first time an art loan was organised between the two organisations and represents the start of a process to make representations of Traveller culture within the museum more visible.

©Photo by Derek Speirs
‘Traveller Collection’ at Dublin City Gallery
Artist Seamus Nolan presentedva number of objects, activities, recordings and documents relating to Traveller culture. Throughout the exhibition material was digitized and made available to the public on WWW.TRAVELLERCOLLECTION.IE.

©Photo by Derek Speirs
Roundtable: Representation and the archive: ‘Traveller Collection’ hosted in Pavee Point
This discussion explored questions of ownership and representation of Traveller culture and heritage. It addressed the challenges of collecting Traveller culture, the necessity to create such a collection and the importance of a Traveller collection maintained by Travellers.
Presenters Seamus Nolan, artist; Rosaleen McDonagh, Pavee Point; Dr. Eve Olney, Artist and Ethnographer; Jessica O’ Donnell, Head of Education and Community Outreach, Dublin City Gallery. Chaired by Oein de Bhairduin.
Songs and light refreshments accompanied the event.

Imogen Gunner