Stories

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‘Sketch Hunting’ for Cruinniú na nÓg

Using artefacts to encourage creativity proves popular with 8-12 year olds.

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Found photographs from Alitalia flight 618

Who are the people in the photographs?

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Patrick Hennessy’s last letter

How a letter became a ‘social object’, lifting the silence on an incident during the Irish Civil War.

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The art of ARTiculation

Using art, architecture and artefacts to improve research and presentation skills in secondary schools.

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Dating Edwardian ephemera

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

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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.

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.