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Awards & Bursaries

IMA Membership Awards: Volunteer-led Museums

10 Oct 2024

The Irish Museums Association (IMA) invites community and volunteer-led museums to apply for up to ten awards providing membership benefits for a period of two years....

Funding

Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action 3

10 Oct 2024

Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action 3 supports artists and cultural professionals to carry out a project with a partner of their choice in another Creative Europe country. Open until 30 November 2024...

Developments

Monaghan County Museum Celebrates 50 Years

2 Oct 2024

Monaghan County Museum celebrated its 50th Anniversary in September 2024 with events and community initiatives. Acknowledging its past, the Museum looks ahead to grow and deepen community engagement as a cultural hub....

Advocacy

Call for Members: IMA Working Groups

26 Sep 2024

The Irish Museums Association (IMA) invites IMA members to form part of new working groups to support advocacy activity and provide a valuable space for members to connect, collaborate, and strengthen expertise....

Developments

Museum Data Service launches in the UK

13 Sep 2024

The Museum Data Service (MDS), a collaboration between Art UK, Collections Trust, and the University of Leicester, will aim to bring together over 100 million museum records from UK museums....

Awards & Bursaries

New Heritage Council - Fulbright Commission scholarship partnership

10 Sep 2024

The Heritage Council has announced a new partnership with the Fulbright Commission which will support an academic opportunity in the U.S. for an Irish scholar or professional....

Developments

The 'Dead Zoo' and Crawford Art Gallery close for major works.

10 Sep 2024

Two major flagship refurbishment projects see the National Museum of Ireland- Natural History building in Dublin and the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork close their buildings to the public....

Call for Papers

Call for session proposals - IMA Annual Conference 2025

9 Sep 2024

The Irish Museums Association (IMA) invites individual or session presentations proposals for the IMA Annual Conference 2025, under the theme Collections in Transition: the life-cycle of objects....

Funding

€170,000 allocated to the Regional Museum Exhibition Scheme 2024

2 Sep 2024

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media approves funding of over €170,000 for Regional Museum Exhibition Scheme 2024...