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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Museum Ireland, Vol. 29 (2022) was produced as an online publication in 2023, edited by Dr Briony Widdis. Freely accessible, see below listing to access and download as PDF, or read this and archived journals on Issuu.  

 

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Patterns of History: Interpreting contemporary identity and the recent past in mid-Antrim

Author:

Blair, W.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

82-92

Keywords:

Northern Ireland, Mid-Antrim Museum Service

Some museums, Art collections and Exhibitions in South Tipperary, 1940-2002

Author:

Holland, P.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

93-110

Keywords:

Tipperary museums, exhibition

Getting it right from the start - Volunteering in Museums, Galleries, Arts and Heritage Venues

Author:

Boylan, S.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

112-115

Keywords:

Volunteering

The Representation of Place by Collectors and Through Collections

Author:

Crooke, E.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

116-122

Keywords:

collections

The Foundation of Cavan and Monaghan County Museums: a Case Study on the Curious Scattering of Irish County Museums

Author:

McCabe, N.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

123-132

Keywords:

County Museums

Sean Scully: A Major Presence in Dublin

Author:

O’Donnell, J.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

133-136

Keywords:

Hugh Lane Gallery, Sean Scully

Soldiers and Chiefs; The Irish at War at Home and Abroad from 1550. National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks

Author:

Crowe, C.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

137-140

Keywords:

National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, exhibition

Galway City Museum

Author:

Candon, A.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

141-144

Keywords:

Galway City Museum

Bagenal's Castle, Newry

Author:

Walsh, B.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

144-147

Keywords:

Bagenal's Castle, Newry

Seamus Murphy (1907-1975) Selected Works, Crawford Art Galley; With These Hands, Cork Public Museum

Author:

Potter-Cogan, A.

Year:

2007

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

17

Pages:

148-151

Keywords:

Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Public Museum, exhibition