2025 Irish Museums Association Annual Conference

Wednesday 5th March

09:00 - 11:00: Social - Tour and Museum Visit

11:00 - 17:30: Conference, day one. 

17:45 - 20:00: Social - Reception and Museum Visit

Thursday 6th March

08:30 - 16:30: Conference, day two. 

17:30- 20:00: Social and Dinner (at own expense)

Friday 7th March

09:00 - 14:00: Tour, Dingle Peninsula

Speakers will include: 

Clare Ablett, Curator of Transport and Industry, Ulster Transport Museum

Martin Bradley, Founder, Archives Ireland

Moya Carey, Curator of Islamic Collections, Chester Beatty

Ann Chumbley, Collection Registrar

Kathryn Coughlan, Production Manager, Crawford Museum 

Kevin Gosling, Chief Executive, Collections Trust

John Gibney, Assistant Editor, Royal Irish Academy

Lesley-Ann Hayden, Programme Manager, Heritage Council

Lar Joye, Port Heritage Director, Dublin Port

Diaa Laga, Artist

Evelyn Leon Nunez, Documentation Assistant, Crawford Museum

Sian McInerney, Collections and Research Manager, The Hunt Museum

Julieanne McMahon, Cultural Heritage Curator, National Trust

Anna McSweeney, Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin

Helen O’Carroll, Kerry County Museum 

Jean O’Donovan, Registrar, Crawford Museum.

Patricia O’Hare, Research and Education Officer, Trustees of Muckross House CLG

Zoë Reid, Keeper, National Archives 

Emma Reisz, Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast

Niamh Twomey, Collection Assistant, Butler Gallery

Cara Trant, Executive Director, Kerry Writers' Museum

Gregory Walls, PhD Candidate, Trinity College Dublin

Caitlin White, Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin

Briony Widdis, Research Fellow, Queen’s University Belfast