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Green light for project investigating cross-border museum activity in Ireland
17 Jun 2020
The IMA and Ulster University announce the recipient of the Northern Bridge Consortium Collaborative Doctoral Award ‘The EU and the museum: an investigation of cross-border museum activity in Ireland’...
Funding
Irish Government to allocate €25M extra Covid support for Arts & Culture
16 Jun 2020
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar and Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan have announced €25 million in extra supports to help the Arts and Culture sector recover from the Covid19 Emergency....
PublicationsCOVID-19
ICOM Report on Museums and Covid-19
29 May 2020
ICOM have shared the report from the global survey to analyse the impact of lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, an analysis of approximately 1,600 responses in 107 countries collected between 7 April and 7 May 2020....
Awards & Bursaries
Seven museums awarded MSPI accreditation
18 May 2020
The CEO of the Heritage Council of Ireland, Virginia Teehan, has announced MSPI accreditation for seven museums and maintenance of accreditation for a further four....
Sectoral issues
Planning for reopening
1 May 2020
As museums prepare to exit lockdown, we share information and guidelines for Irish Museums to assist you in planning for reopening....
Managing Insurance during Covid-19
30 Apr 2020
Fáilte Ireland has worked with an independent insurance advisor to provide general information on how to interrogate insurance policies through a FAQ document....
Research
Mapping COVID-19’s effect on museums across Europe
23 Apr 2020
The Network of European Museum Organisations are asking museums across Europe to contribute to the second phase of a survey mapping the effects of COVID-19....
Advocacy
NEMO publishes results of survey: impact of the corona crisis on museums in Europe
9 Apr 2020
In the past two weeks, NEMO has carried out a survey to look at how the situation has impacted museum budgets and operations, how museums cope in these times, how they re-organise their structures and offer new services....
COVID-19
The Collections Trust: Collections in Lockdown resources
9 Apr 2020
The Collections Trust have collated and shared some useful resources relating to care of collections for the current museum lockdown....
