Highlanes Municipal Art Gallery, which opened in 2006, is recognised as one of Ireland’s leading visual art spaces. Serving the North East region, it features national and international temporary exhibitions, as well as works from the Drogheda Municipal Art Collection, a remarkable collection dating from the mid-18th century.
The gallery is housed in the former Drogheda Franciscan Church and Friary, locally known as ‘High Lane Church’. Gifted by the Franciscan Order to the people of Drogheda in 2000, the building has retained much of its original character.
The gallery also holds some of Drogheda’s most prized heirlooms — a ceremonial sword and mace presented to Drogheda Corporation by King William III following the Battle of the Boyne. The sword and solid silver mace are among the most significant and impressive in Ireland.
Opening hours 10.30 am – 5.00pm, Tuesday- Saturday
36 St Laurence Street, A92F7PH Drogheda
Tel: 0419803311 – Email: info@highlanes.ie
