All News
COVID-19
Dublin museums, galleries and cultural attractions to close from midnight, Friday 18 September.
18 Sep 2020
The Government of Ireland has announced today (Friday) that all museums, galleries and cultural attractions will close from midnight, for an initial period of three weeks....
Consultation
Irish Museums and school engagement during & post Covid-19
16 Sep 2020
The Irish Museums Association invites teachers to inform and guide the museum sector as it seeks to support their delivery of learning....
Funding
Heritage Council of Ireland Community Heritage Grant Scheme
2 Sep 2020
The Heritage Council of Ireland have opened the Community Heritage: Covid-19 Stimulus Fund for applications. Applications must be submitted on or before Tuesday 15th September 2020 at 5 p.m....
Awards & Bursaries
Interpreting Museums - Cooperation with NI initiative
19 Aug 2020
The IMA, in partnership with NIMC, has been award funding through the Dept of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports and the Gaeltacht's Cooperation with NI to deliver a multifaceted project, Interpreting Museums....
Awards & Bursaries
Fulbright-Creative Ireland Professional Fellowship
12 Aug 2020
Professionals with at least seven years’ experience working in the creative, cultural or heritage sector are invited to apply for the 2021- 2022 Fulbright-Creative Ireland Professional Fellowship....
Call for Papers
CFP: Dismantling Systemic Racism in Archives and Record-keeping Practices
12 Aug 2020
The editors of this Archives and Records Special Issue, 42:3 (November 2021) invite papers that seek to explore and respond to the challenge of racism and systemic oppression in record-keeping contexts....
Developments
Butler Gallery reopens in new home
6 Aug 2020
The Butler Gallery in Kilkenny has reopened in a new permanent home, Evans' Home, following 44 years based in Kilkenny Castle. ...
Collections
Collecting action - History in the Making, House of European History
6 Aug 2020
The House of European History have issued a call to museums to share their initiatives collecting life during the pandemic, by sharing images of collected material for online exhibition and informing them of your approach....
Awards & Bursaries
Open call: Museums in Short 2020
6 Aug 2020
musil – Museum of Industry and Labour, in collaboration with EMA - European Museum Academy and Forum of Slavic Cultures, have issued an open call to the 7th edition of Museums in Short 2020....
