The Model is a world-class visitor centre, with a purpose-built performance space and a suite of .artist studios on the top floor. It is home to one of the most notable public art collections in Ireland, featureing one of the largest public holdings of work by Jack Butler Yeats in existence.
The Niland Collection also features a broad range of both traditional and contemporary works by artists including Norah McGuinness, Dorothy Cross, Alice Maher, Clodagh Emoe, Eamon O’Kane, Sean McSweeney, Estella Solomons, and Paul Henry amongst many others. The Model’s acclaimed contemporary art programme features several major exhibitions of noted national and international contemporary artists each year.