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Funding

€620K in funding allocated for After Hours at the Museum Grant Scheme

29 Aug 2023

Minister Martin has announced the recipients of €620k in funding awards for After Hours at the Museum Grant Scheme & Announces new Night-Time Economy initiative....

Awards & Bursaries

MoLI wins prestigious Europa Nostra Award

19 Jul 2023

MoLI (the Museum of Literature Ireland) has been announced as winner of the 2023 Citizen Engagement and Awareness-raising Award by the European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards....

Appointments

New Director of Collections & Access at NMI

19 Jul 2023

Dr Éimear O'Connor has been appointed to the role of Director of Collections and Access at the National Museum of Ireland....

Awards & Bursaries

Heritage Council MSPI awards

13 Jul 2023

Heritage Council rewards excellence on day of celebration for Irish museums at the MSPI ceremony in Kilkenny....

Developments

ESB & Irish Heritage Trust to develop new Georgian museum.

10 Jul 2023

The ESB has announced plans to partner with the Irish Heritage Trust to develop No. 12 Fitzwilliam Street as a museum....

Policies

New Advisory Committee, Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage

22 Jun 2023

Catherine Martin TD, Minister for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, has announced the establishment of committee to provide guidance to cultural institutions....

Developments

Irish Wake Museum opens in Waterford

22 Jun 2023

The Irish Wake Museum is the latest in the Waterford Treasures collective of Museums at Waterford’s Viking Triangle, opened on 16 June 2023....

Awards & Bursaries

Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI) wins Europa Nostra Award

15 Jun 2023

MoLI has won a prestigious European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Award in the Citizen’s Engagement and Awareness Raising category....

Developments

Monaghan County Museum prepares for Peace Campus move

4 May 2023

Monaghan County Museum will close at its current home on Hill Street on International Museums Day, May 18th this year, in preparation for the move to the new Museum At The Peace Campus in early 2024...