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  • 2011 Annual Conference: The Way Forward: Sustainability and the Museum

    Date: 25 February - 27 February 2011 Location: Drogheda, Co. Louth

    In 2011 The Annual Conference took place in the Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth on the theme of 'The Way Forward: Sustainability and the Museum'

  • 2010 Annual Conference: Museum Exhibitions - from ideas to opening

    Date: 26 February - 28 February 2010 Location: Killarney, Co. Kerry

    In 2010 The Annual Conference took place in Killarney on the theme of 'Museum Exhibitions - from ideas to opening' and covered the theory and practice behind exhibitions, audiences, content, touring and buildings. Speakers included Dr Peter Crowther (Ulster Museum), Professor Fintan Cullen (Nottingham University), Andy Horn (Birmingham Museums and...

  • 2009 Annual Conference: The Museum: A Dialogue in Shared Histories and Common Heritage

    Date: 27 February - 01 March 2009 Location: Derry/Londonderry

    In 2009 the Annual Conference was held in the City Hotel, Derry/Londonderry. This conference discussed how the common ground of heritage and history has the potential to encourage museums to depart from tradition and embrace different ways of thinking, working and developing ideas.

  • 2008 Annual Conference: New Approaches to the Museum’s Engagement with the Local Community

    Date: 29 February - 02 March 2008 Location: Wexford

    All museums have a local dimension. At the most basic level, collections and visitors provide links with the local community in addition to their international dimensions. Enormous benefits, however, can be gained from developing a strategic approach to local and community partnerships.

  • 2007 Annual Conference: Science, Technology and Society – the role for museums

    Date: 02 March - 04 March 2007 Location: Dublin

    This conference will address issues relevant to the Irish museums community concerning science, technology and society and the role of museums. The status of science is challenging Irish museums just at a time when society is reliant on science and technology for its survival.

  • 2006 Annual Conference: Museums in the their Place: roles, regeneration and community.

    Date: 24 February - 26 February 2006 Location: Belfast

    This conference is the premier event in the Irish museum calendar, bringing together an outstanding collection of international and Irish speakers to address themes of crucial importance to everyone involved in museums and heritage. The full programme, with speakers, titles and timings will be issued shortly, but in the meantime...

  • 2005 Annual Conference: Are Museums becoming obsolete?

    Date: 25 February - 27 February 2005 Location: Cork

    If Playstation can supplant 3-D toys in the affections of children and threaten Legoland with extinction, what chance the museum? The conference will take a challenging look at the ppportunities and threats facing museums in today’s world.