Looking forward to hearing all about the fantastic events Irish museums will organise to celebrate National Heritage Week! 😊

Thursday 18 May 2-4pm Drop-In Activity On International Museums Day create a collage using recycled materials using offcuts. Suitable for all ages. Free, no booking required. ow.ly/LRvt50O87yN #LoveDublin ICOM Ireland International Council of Museums (ICOM)

Interested in the social implications of the use of new technologies in museums, from Biometrics to XR? Join us next Weds 17 May at noon for an online talk and open discussion by members of the working group behind the 'Museum Technology: A Critical Primer' research project.

ICOM Ireland is delighted to be supporting this fantastic workshop celebrating International Museum Day 2023. Hope you can drop-in and take part. International Council of Museums (ICOM) Chester Beatty ICOM Ireland #imd2023

Why not celebrate #InternationalMuseumDay with a FREE visit Nano Nagle Place?

Happy #InternationalMuseumDay everyone! Hope you are planning to visit your local museum today or over the weekend to celebrate? 🥳🥳🥳

Really interesting letters section in the Guardian at the end of last week. 'As wars rage, museums and culture become all the more important' - Dr Mark Liebenrood, Fergus Nicoll, and Blaine Stothard. theguardian.com/culture/2023/j…

UMAC 2023 AWARD submissions will close 9th June. Remember to email your completed nomination forms by then to [email protected] umac.icom.museum/umac-award/

🇮🇪 National Museum hopes prosecution raises awareness of laws protecting Irish archaeological heritage | The Irish Times 🔗 ecs.page.link/zdwJe

Thanks to the wonders of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) card for museum professionals I sailed in free to fascinating, sobering #Herculaneum. Worth joining ICOM UK or ICOM Ireland (or other) for this and many other benefits including networking and training.

Access to so many wonderful museums and sites is indeed one of the many advantages of ICOM membership. icomireland.com

Calling all museum professionals in Ireland!

📸Say Cheese! A Candid Snapshot of the Museum Sector. Last month American Alliance of Museums released the results of their fifth “snapshot” survey of #museums in the #US. #MuseumSector #staffing #finances #speakup lnkd.in/eX8kQQqp

🆕 We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest edition of #MuseumInternational entitled Towards #Decolonisation. Read more about it 👉 ecs.page.link/NYZow

✨ Meet our keynote speaker Prof Dr Laura Van Broekhoven, Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Museum Studies, Ethics and Material Culture (University of Oxford) 📃 Register now! (For online & onsite attendance). The ICME 2023 Annual Conference. Budapest, 3-5 Dec.

📢📢Booking is open for the 2024 ICOM UK Conference – Common Ground: the role of museums in divided communities at the Ulster Museum, Belfast. 📢📢 Follow the link below for the full schedule and how to book 👇 #museum buff.ly/41jG2V5

Museums should be prepared to initiate dialogue for the return of cultural property to a country or people of origin. This should be undertaken in an impartial manner, based on scientific, professional and humanitarian principles (…). #ICOMCodeOfEthics 📘

✨A historic collection of over 500 ancient treasures has been returned to Ukraine, after a nearly 10-year dispute over its ownership with Russia, Kyiv says.✨ Follow the link below to find out more 👇 #museum #ukraine buff.ly/3TyIvJw

🗣 great opportunities for collections care, conservation plans and all other activities to support caring for Heritage. Please retweet

Fantastic new award scheme launched by #ICOM details below