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Stories

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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5 objects from the West Clare Railway

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

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2 quernstone fragments from MacDuagh’s Hermitage

How the remains of two quernstones from the same site ended up in our collection.

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Our pivot towards education

Why Clare Museum has appointed an Education Officer for the first time.

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'Trying to make an attraction out of nothing': Neville Chamberlain's pen

Using a provocative object to elicit engagement with the public resulted in some interesting responses.

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6 Objects of Death and Remembrance

Cross-linking objects of death and remembrance associated with Clare and its people.

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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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