Museum Ireland - Publications, Research & Reports

Museum Ireland (ISSN 0961 9690) is the annual journal published by the Irish Museums Association and contains selected proceedings from conferences and other events that have taken place throughout each year, critical discussion pieces, articles on new developments, along with book, museum, and exhibition reviews. 

Museum Ireland was published in hard copy form until 2015, with publication paused until 2019 and now issued as an online journal. Back issues of Museum Ireland may be purchased from the IMA office or accessed at the National Library of Ireland and various university libraries around the country. 

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Museum Ireland, Vol. 28 (2021) was produced as an online publication in 2022, edited by Dr Briony Widdis. Freely accessible, see below listing to access and download as PDF, or read this and archived journals on Issuu.  

 

To view current and archived Journals on Issuu:

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 28 (2021)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 27 (2020)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 26 (2019)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 25 (2015)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 24 (2014)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 23 (2013)

Click here to access Museum Ireland, Vol 22 (2012)

 

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National Museums in Northern Ireland

Author:

Sawyer, Andrew

Year:

2011

Publication:

Building National Museums in Europe 1750-2010. Conference proceedings from EuNaMus, European National Museums: Identity Politics, the Uses of the Past and the European Citizen. Peter Aronsson & Gabriella Elgenius (eds)

Volume:

EuNaMus Report No 1.

Pages:

Keywords:

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The gods are in the details.

Author:

Battersby, E.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

7-12

Keywords:

annual lecture, greece, acropolis museum

Getting the message across

Author:

Martinovich, P.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

13-21

Keywords:

exhibition, design

The good wall: exhibiting with architecture.

Author:

Tipton, G.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

22-30

Keywords:

architecture, exhibition

Imperial tensions in Dublin c1900.

Author:

Cullen, F.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

31-41

Keywords:

exhibition, sculpture, history

Bread, Love, Money, the Tea Table, the Bathroom and the Meitheal: "Interpretative Exhibitions on a Budget"

Author:

Scroope, A. and Williams, W.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

43-53

Keywords:

exhibition, design

Kerry Lives 1950-73: an Exhibition at Kerry County Museum.

Author:

O'Carroll, H.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

55-63

Keywords:

exhibition, photography, Kerry

The role of documentation in exhibition development.

Author:

O'Neill, R.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

64-70

Keywords:

collections, documentation

From concept to exhibition.

Author:

Mullan, J.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

71-78

Keywords:

exhibition, temporary

"The worthiest home": Re-imagining the historic interiors of the Pearse Museum.

Author:

Crowley, B.

Year:

2010

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

20

Pages:

79-88

Keywords:

exhibition, historic house, Patrick Pearse