Leaving Cert Art: Galleries, museums & curation
How often Galleries, museums & curation comes up on the Art papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
HL Asked on 3 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker
OL Asked on 2 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years
Quick ones on Galleries, museums & curation.
- Conservator
- Curator
- Patron
- Dublin Castle's upper yard
- Leinster House on Kildare Street
- The Royal Hospital Kilmainham
- To widen access and reach new audiences
- To raise ticket prices
- To stop people seeing the originals
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(a) Curator
(b) The Royal Hospital Kilmainham
(c) To widen access and reach new audiences
Higher Level
Asked on 3 of the last 3 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Q5 |
| 2024 | Q5 |
| 2023 | Q5 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Galleries, museums & curation questions
Galleries, museums & curation, 3 marks
Hugh Lane died on the Lusitania in 1915. His French paintings are now shared between Dublin and?
- The Louvre Museum, Paris
- The Tate Gallery in Liverpool
- The National Gallery, London
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The National Gallery, London
An unwitnessed codicil to his will left them to Dublin, but London kept them. Agreements since 1959 share the collection between the two galleries.
Galleries, museums & curation, 2 marks
Hanging paintings close together from floor to ceiling, as in 19th-century academies, is a?
- Retrospective
- Salon hang
- White cube
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Salon hang
Named after the Paris Salon. Some galleries still use it to show many works at once, though each work is harder to see than in a spaced, eye-level hang.
Galleries, museums & curation, 2 marks
Returning cultural objects to the country or community they came from is called?
- Repatriation
- Restoration
- Acquisition
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Repatriation
Many museums hold objects taken in colonial times. Debates over repatriation ask who owns heritage and how it should be displayed.
Ordinary Level
Asked on 2 of the last 3 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Q3 |
| 2024 | Not asked |
| 2023 | Q4 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Galleries, museums & curation questions
Galleries, museums & curation, 2 marks
What does a curator do?
- Paints the works that go into the exhibition
- Sells the tickets at the gallery door
- Selects and arranges works for an exhibition
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Selects and arranges works for an exhibition
Curators choose the theme, pick works, plan the layout and lighting and write labels and texts. They shape how visitors understand the art.
Galleries, museums & curation, 2 marks
What does IMMA stand for?
- International Museum of Moving Art
- Irish Museum of Modern Art
- Irish Museum of Medieval Art
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Irish Museum of Modern Art
IMMA is in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin, a 17th-century building. It shows modern and contemporary Irish and international art.
Galleries, museums & curation, 2 marks
Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ can be seen in which Dublin gallery?
- The National Gallery of Ireland
- IMMA at the Royal Hospital
- The Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square
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The National Gallery of Ireland
Found in a Jesuit house in Dublin and identified in 1990, it has been on indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland since 1993.
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