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.
Published in hard copy format from 1991 until 2015, following a three-year hiatus Museum Ireland returned as an online journal in 2019. Archival 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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The latest edition of Museum Ireland, Vol. 30 (2023) was produced as an online publication in 2024, edited by Dr Briony Widdis. Freely accessible, see below listing to access and download as PDF.
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Audience development in museums and cultural sites in difficult times.
Author:
Ruane, A.
Year:
2010
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
20
Pages:
156-162
Keywords:
"Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over our Ancient Heritage"
Author:
Bourke, M.
Year:
2010
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
20
Pages:
163-164
Keywords:
"The National Gallery: An Illustrated History"
Author:
Bourke, M.
Year:
2010
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
20
Pages:
165-166
Keywords:
Ancestral Interiors: Photographs of the Irish Country House
Author:
Bourke, M.
Year:
2010
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
20
Pages:
166-167
Keywords:
What makes a great museum great?
Author:
de Montebello, P.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
9-16
Keywords:
IMA Lecture
What is this idea of shared heritage?
Author:
Rolfe, N.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
17-21
Keywords:
history, conflict resolution
Active engagement, museums and the geosciences.
Author:
Parkes, M.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
22-28
Keywords:
geology
Does the collection and display of public sculpture reflect a shared heritage and commonality?
Author:
Murphy, P.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
29-35
Keywords:
art, sculpture
Unfrozen music: Beckett in the museum.
Author:
Johnson, N.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
36-41
Keywords:
theatre, Samuel Beckett
Exhibiting landscape.
Author:
Duffy, P.
Year:
2009
Publication:
Museum Ireland
Volume:
19
Pages:
42-49
Keywords:
geography, landscape