Clare Museum | Músaem an Chláir

Album

Incudes autograph books, photograph and cigarette card albums.

Ammunition

Mostly cannonballs from around Clare.

Animal Equipment

Harness bell

Architecture

Features of buildings.

Arms Holder

Art/Craft

Handmade domestic, decorative and ritual artefacts.

Artefact

Miscellaneous objects.

Bedding

Bed clothes.

Card

Catering

Childcare Equipment

Any object associated with caring for children.

Communication Equipment

A very broad category, from signalling equipment and account books across to letters, receipts and handbills.

Computer Equipment

Container

A very broad category which includes bottles, jars, sacks and boxes.

Costume

Clothing, particularly from the Clare Embroidery collection, uniforms, and hats.

Culinary Equipment

Anything that can be used in cooking.

Currency

Bank note, coins, cheques, and tokens.

Currency Calculator

Calculators used to convert punts into euros.

Domestic

Household equipment.

Emblem

Symbolic artefacts like flags, banners and badges.

Fastener

Buttons and buckles.

Fishing Equipment

Mostly eels spears, but also hooks, weights, flies etc.

Funerary Equipment

Artefacts associated with death and funerals,

Furniture/Furnishings

Household furniture, and furnishings such as cushions and their covers, pillows and their covers, place mats etc.

Grocery Coupons

Ration books and other coupons.

Heater

Domestic heating appliances or hot water bottles.

Instrument Case

Machine-readable record

For records, cassette tapes and compact disks.

Measure

For weights, weighing scales, and measures.

Medallion/Badge

A large category, for medals of all kinds, but mainly sporting, military or religious.

Medical/Medicine Equipment

Memorial Equipment

Miscellaneous equipment

Music Equipment

Includes sheet music, music stands, strings and other items used by musicians.

Musical Instrument

Needlework Equipment

Optical Instrument

Binoculars, spectacles (glasses), microscopes and telescopes will be included in this category.

Performance Arts

Personal Accessory

Photographic Equipment

Artefacts used in the production of photographs.

Presentation

Religious/Ritual Equipment

Another broad category which includes statues and priest's vestments, and other items associated with the practice of religion.

Sample

Serial

Magazines, newspapers etc.

Smoking Equipment

Clay pipes and tobacco cutters.

Social Control Equipment

Sound Equipment

Sports equipment

Here you can expect to see hurley's, jerseys, balls of all kinds and other items associated with playing sport.

Template

Patterns and designs.

Textile

Textile crafts

Ticket

Tool/Implement

A broad category which encompasses all implements from archaeological objects to tradesmen's tools.

Trophy

Awards for sporting or other achievements.

Vehicle

Anything used to convey people and/or goods, such as cars, boats and bicycles.

Visual Representation

Photographs of all kinds, drawings and watercolours are included in this category.

Weapon

Writing Equipment