City Hall: A multimedia exhibition, The Story of the Capital, takes runs from 5-10pm, tracing the history of Dublin. Guided tours of the building are also available. Call 01-2222204
Chester Beatty Library: Free guided tours at 7pm, 8pm and 9pm. Dara O’Brien will play the sitar followed by the band Mishra. The cafe and giftshop will also remain open and events will run until 9pm
Historic Church: St Mary’s Abbey, a 12th-century chapterhouse under a 19th-century warehouse off Capel Street, will present an exhibition of book cover art as well as documentary Life Thru My Mobile Phone. Event runs from 6pm to 9pm and includes music at 8.30pm
Gospel Night: Dublin City Council, the Office for Integration and Metro Éireann host a gospel night from groups across Dublin this evening from 6pm to 9pm at the Office for Integration on Wood Quay. See dublin.ie/integration
Culture Bus: Free buses will be run by Dublin Bus, leaving every 20 minutes from a range of stops including Bachelor’s Walk, Croke Park, Trinity College and Custom House Quay. They run from 6pm until 11pm to the outermost venues Full details culturenight.ie
Abbey Theatre: Ireland’s national theatre is offering 30 free tickets to The Plough and the Stars and 10 free tickets to B for Baby on the Peacock Stage. Tickets on a first come, first served basis from 10.30am at the box office. See abbeytheatre.ie or call 01-8787222
GAA Museum: Visitors can discover the magic of Croke Park at night with a host of museum activities and floodlit tours. The tours are booking only and run from 5pm to 10pm. See crokepark.ie or call 01-8192361
GPO: The new museum in the GPO is playing host to an exhibition Letters, Lives and Liberty, exploring the role of the post office in Irish life. There is also a children’s quiz. Numbers limited, event runs from 5pm to 10pm. See anpost.ie or call 01-7057000
Conradh na Gaeilge: This centre on Harcourt Street has a host of activities from Irish short films to children’s workshops. There’s also a beginners’ Irish class between 7pm to 9pm, followed by “ceol agus craic”. Booking essential, events run until 11pm. 01-4757401 e-mail: sine@cnag.ie
Science Gallery: Open until 11pm with its popular Biorhythm exhibition, it will test science myths at 3pm and 6pm, have trad and poetry readings during the evening and will allow you put the shape of your voice on a t-shirt. See sciencegallery.com
