Stories

Ephemera can be difficult to date as it is only meant to be of use for a short time.

A case study: conservation of a framed and glazed document

Comparing the 'Blood Pact’ to a photograph of it taken twenty years ago is a useful way to decide if it needs conservation.

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Calling out to our stakeholders!

We are consulting stakeholders for our new Strategic Plan 2025-2029.

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Spirit of the Reels: Liverpool Céilí Band exhibition

The story of a photographic exhibition that embraces the local community and its diaspora.

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Clare’s first All-Ireland title

Cross-linking some items from the 1914 All-Ireland hurling final in the museum’s collection.

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‘Sharing our Stories’ at Killaloe Boys NS

Taking the museum out of the building can benefit everybody.

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Button from West Clare Railway uniform, with letters WCR in relief

5 objects from the West Clare Railway

Cross-linking across four collections, five items associated with the West Clare Railway.

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This is your key to the ‘secret museum’. Here we will share the stories that the objects in our collections tell us. We will also shed light on the things we do behind-the-scenes to care for and manage our collections.

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