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Publications
Museums Change Lives - NI
10 Mar 2020
The Museums Association (MA) and the NI Museums Council have collaborated together to produce a series of case studies that highlight the dynamic and impactful work taking place in museums across Northern Ireland....
Awards & Bursaries
IMT - IMA partnership to offer award for museum practioners and researchers
22 Feb 2020
The Irish Museums Association (IMA) and the Irish Museums Trust (IMT) have announced a new award partnership in support of practitioners and researchers in the museum sector in Ireland....
Consultation
Museums for the future: policies and practices in Ireland
12 Feb 2020
The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) have published the findings and main themes emerging from the Royal Irish Academy’s Future Museums workshop of 12 November 2019 and invite your comments and responses....
Publications
The GIFT Box: Helping museums create richer digital experiences for their visitors
10 Feb 2020
The GIFT project - a Horizon 2020 funded research project - has developed The GIFT Box, a set of free, open-source tools and ways of working to help museums offer richer digital experiences for their visitors....
PublicationsPolicies
ACE to publish guidelines on restitution and repatriation
23 Jan 2020
Arts Council England intends to provide new guidance on the topics of restitution and repatriation in UK museums and galleries....
Policies
New Minister for Communities, Northern Ireland
16 Jan 2020
Deirdre Hargey was appointed Northern Irish Minister for Communities at the formation of the executive on 11 January 2020....
Policies
Culture 2025
16 Jan 2020
The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Has Published Culture 2025 – A National Cultural Policy Framework...
Publications
Museums Facing Extinction - report
15 Jan 2020
We Are Museums and EIT Climate-KIC held a 'Museums Facing Extinction' pilot event (21-24 Nov 2019, Futurium, Berlin) resulting in a series of articles that delve into the effect of this meeting....
Conference
IMA Annual Conference 2020, 21-22 February, Dean Crowe Theatre, Athone
19 Dec 2019
Join colleagues from across the Irish Museum Sector at our annual conference to network, share knowledge and expertise, and influence the development of the sector....
