Museum Basics: Maritime museums

The Irish Museums Association (IMA) is organising a Museums Basics course in Dublin on the 26 - 29 November 2018. Funded and supported by Dublin Port Company, attendance on this four-day course was offered to those specifically working with and/or developing maritime collections.

Participants included representatives from the following: 

• Arklow Maritime Museum
• Clew Bay Heritage Centre
• National Maritime Museum of Ireland
• Passage West Maritime Museum
• Rosslare Harbour Heritage Centre
• Titanic Foundation
• Hook Lighthouse & Heritage Centre
• Balbriggan Maritime Museum 

Museum Basics provides an introduction to the nature, context and operations of museums, practical examples and indicators of good practice, and a guide to where and how further information can be found. It additionally facilitates a networking exchange among participants where existing knowledge and learnings can be shared.

The course is divided in eight modules of two hours duration each: introduction to museums, management & governance, display and interpretation, collection care, collecting principles, documentation, external relations, education and community engagement.

Our panel of trainers is formed by experts working within the museum sector.

Click here for full course specification and further details.