St. Gallen's Gallery

In June 2025, the National Museum of Ireland opened the landmark Words on the Wave: St. Gallen’s Gallery—a major international exhibition housed in the museum’s main building on Kildare Street, Dublin. The exhibition showcases rare early medieval manuscripts from Switzerland’s famed Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen, offering an immersive and narrative-led experience that explores Ireland’s deep intellectual and artistic ties to continental Europe.

Appointed as the specialist fit-out contractor, Marcon was tasked with delivering a technically complex and sensitive museum environment. The project required high levels of craftsmanship, logistical planning, and close collaboration with National Museums Ireland, exhibition designers studio mb, and a range of specialist subcontractors.

Central to the exhibition’s narrative are large-scale manuscript quotations, embedded into the design to complement the artefacts and draw visitors into the world of early medieval scholarship. Reconstruction drawings, interpretive graphics, and immersive AV content including a short film on the Life of St Gall, adapted into both English and Irish provide rich historical context for visitors.