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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.

Black and white photograph of a young woman from behind her left shoulder with her looking left.

Kathleen Griffin and her 1917 autograph book

Kathleen Griffin's autograph book reads like a 'Who's who' of the Irish revolution.

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Patrick Hennessy’s last letter as a ‘social object’

How an Irish Civil War artefact became 'social object' and the catharsis that resulted from it.

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Giovanni taking a photograph of Daniel O'Connell's coat.

A museum’s experience of an internship

Internships can be of mutual benefit to students and museums.

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Some of Georgina Frosts collection, presented as a disorganised collection of black-and-white photographs, featuring Georgina Frost's partents,. siblings, cousins and siblings.

The Georgina Frost collection

A collection that dates from the Victorian-era through to the 1930s giving us an insight into the life of a Clare family during that period.

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Letter from Downing Street London to Ennis Foresters from a Ms Stephenson

Conscription Crisis, Lloyd George’s mistress and the Ennis Foresters Club

A short letter from Downing Street sheds light on a political crisis.

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The story of a British War Medal

The discovery of a medal eventually brings a Clareman's war story to life.

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Digitising the collection

Digitisation has many benefits for a museum.

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Lending Objects from the Collection

When a museum has a well-documented collection, it is in a good position to lend objects, as staff will have...

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    Explore our collections online. At present we have over 400 of our objects online, and we’re adding more all the time.

  • Some of Georgina Frosts collection, presented as a disorganised collection of black-and-white photographs, featuring Georgina Frost's partents,. siblings, cousins and siblings.

    Stories

    Your key to the ‘secret museum’: discover the stories behind objects in our collections and how we care for them.

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Clare Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, interpret and display the material culture relating to the history of County Clare, Ireland, both in the museum building and online, as an educational resource and a socially inclusive cultural service for the people of Clare and visiting tourists. Find out more →

Clare Museum
Arthur’s Row
Ennis
County Clare
V95 65XY
Ireland

+353 (0) 65 682 3382
claremuseum[remove_this]@clarecoco.ie

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Admission is free.

June to September:
Monday to Saturday: 9:30am to 5:00pm.
Closed Sunday and bank holiday weekends (Saturday, Sunday and Monday).

October to May:
Tuesday to Saturday: 9:30am to 1:00pm (last admission 12:30pm) and 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Closed Sunday, Monday, and bank holiday weekends (Saturday, Sunday and Monday).

Plan your visit →

  • Clare County Council
  • The Heritage Council
  • Local Authority Museums’ Network