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.
Stories
Kathleen Griffin and her 1917 autograph book
Kathleen Griffin's autograph book reads like a 'Who's who' of the Irish revolution.
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.
A museum’s experience of an internship
Internships can be of mutual benefit to students and museums.
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.
Conscription Crisis, Lloyd George’s mistress and the Ennis Foresters Club
A short letter from Downing Street sheds light on a political crisis.
The story of a British War Medal
The discovery of a medal eventually brings a Clareman's war story to life.
Digitising the collection
Digitisation has many benefits for a museum.
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...