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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Getting out of the Building: A Museum's Internet Experience

Author:

Rattigan, J,

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

58-67

Keywords:

web

The Caspar Purdon Clarke Indian and Persian Collection of the National Museum of Ireland, 1878 - 79

Author:

Whitty, A.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

68-75

Keywords:

National Museum of Ireland, collections

"Whatever you say, say nothing": the MAGNI Citizenship project

Author:

Williams, J.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

76-85

Keywords:

Northern Ireland

Language, Literature and Labels

Author:

Lacey, B.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

86-94

Keywords:

exhibition, labels

Plaster Cast collections and their Conservation: Some Irish Examples

Author:

Ellis, J.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

95-102

Keywords:

collections, conservation

An Organic Institution?: Making a Museum Relevant in a Border Town.

Author:

Walsh, B.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

103-106

Keywords:

Louth Country Museum, education

Big Brother and Country Cousins; Relations between Regional and National Museums - A Response

Author:

Teehan, V.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

107-109

Keywords:

John Hunt (1957-2004) - An Appreciation

Author:

Bourke, M.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

110-112

Keywords:

James Joyce and Ulysses, The National Library of Ireland

Author:

Nicholson, R.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

113-116

Keywords:

National Library of Ireland, exhibition, James Joyce

The Champion Kiely, South Tipperary County Museum

Author:

O'Carroll, H.

Year:

2004

Publication:

Museum Ireland

Volume:

14

Pages:

116-117

Keywords:

South Tipperary County Museum, exhibition, Thomas F. Kiely