From Castlebar - County Mayo -

Museum of Country Life
Museum Events 26 June - 4 July 2014
By Bernie Byron
21, Jun 2014 - 09:32

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND - COUNTRY LIFE
TURLOUGH PARK, CASTLEBAR, CO. MAYO
PUBLIC PROGRAMME 26 JUNE - 05 JULY 2014

 

Contents:
* Events which require booking

* Programme of events

* Temporary Exhibitions

* Museum Shop & Café

* Memory Book Project

* On-line Resources

* Other Details


01. EVENTS TO BOOK

Book your places on these events: Tel: 094 903 1751; educationtph@museum.ie

Thursday 26th June:
3.00pm-4.00pm. Tour. Documentation Discoveries. Tour behind the scenes, see and hear about some of the exciting and puzzling discoveries uncovered in the Museum's collection. Adults. Booking required.

Sunday 29th June:
3.00pm-4.00pm. Workshop. Kidz Museum: Unbeweavable! Discover some of the woven objects in the Museum like lobster pots, baskets, clothes and hens nests. Then weave your own masterpiece from natural materials. Booking required.

02. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Visit www.ouririshheritage.org to find out about local Irish history & heritage and to contribute photos and stories about your locality.

Thursday 26th June:
3.00pm-4.00pm. Tour. Documentation Discoveries. Tour behind the scenes, see and hear about some of the exciting and puzzling discoveries uncovered in the Museum's collection. Adults. Booking required.

Sunday 29th June:
3.00pm-4.00pm. Workshop. Kidz Museum: Unbeweavable! Discover some of the woven objects in the Museum like lobster pots, baskets, clothes and hens nests. Then weave your own masterpiece from natural materials. Booking required.

1st - 31st July:
My Favourite Object Competition. Select your favourite artefact from the folklife collection then simply complete one of our ‘My Favourite Object' activity sheets. Prizes for the best filled out activity sheet - available in English and Irish language.
Children 7-12 Years. No Booking required.

Friday 4th July:
11am - 1pm Drop-in Activity. Knitting: Not Just For Nanas! Make your own summertime knits and crochet. Start a new project or get help finishing an old one! Learn a new skill for life. Holiday makers and beginners welcome! Adults & Children 7yrs+. No booking required.

Saturday 5th July:
3pm - 5pm Drop-in Activity. Music Circle. Dust down that fiddle, polish that whistle and join the music circle to practice, share, play tunes and songs. Special teaching session with Emer Mayock. Adults. No booking required.

03. TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
Preserving the Peace: Policing on the Island of Ireland: 1814-2014
The Peace Preservation Act of 1814 allowed for the creation of the Peace Preservation Force which is seen by many as the precursor to the establishment of the Irish Constabulary and of the modern police services on the island of Ireland. To mark this bicentenary, the National Museum of Ireland-Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co. Mayo has opened Preserving the Peace: Policing on the Island of Ireland: 1814-2014, a major new exhibition dedicated to Irish policing on 14 June 2014. The exhibition will run until Easter 2015 and forms part of the National Museum of Ireland's Decade of Commemorations calendar of events. The exhibition focuses on organised policing over two hundred years on the island, exploring the degree to which standard policing has metamorphosed or remained static against the backdrop of British and Irish rule. A comprehensive public programme will run as part of the exhibition - see the exhibition website for further details.
Other exhibitions include:
· 100 OBJECTS MUSEUM TRAIL
In a partnership between the National Museum of Ireland (NMI), the Irish Times and the Royal Irish Academy, 100 objects have been chosen by journalist Fintan O'Toole to take us through the history of people in Ireland over 7,000 years. 4 of these objects can be seen in the NMI-Country Life, Turlough Park.
· No. 81 EMPTY COOKING POT, 1845-9
· No. 82 EMIGRANT'S TEAPOT, 1850-1950.
· No. 93 BOYNE CORACLE, 1928
· No. 95 EMIGRANT'S SUITCASE, 1950s.

No. 66 CRUCIFIXION STONE, 1740 & No. 77 WICKER CRADLE, 19th & 20th Centuries are also from the NMI-Country Life's Folklife collection and are based in NMI-Decorative Arts & History, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

Further details can be found on:
http://www.museum.ie/en/list/history-of-ireland-in-100-objects.aspx and on http://www.100objects.ie/

Visit http://www.museum.ie/en/exhibition-list/country-life-temporary-exhibitions.aspx for details about temporary exhibitions which are ongoing in the Museum Galleries
CAFÉ ART PROJECT:
On Leaving Project: new exhibition in the Museum Café
A selection of photographic work by David Monaghan is on display in the café. This work is part of a series called ‘On Leaving". This project is a comprehensive and ongoing photographic study of the lives of a particular set of migrants from Ireland with an eye to what they have left behind. It is a three stranded project which has its roots in a three year long documentation of the renewed trend of emigration from Ireland or more specifically from David's town in Ireland, the city of Dublin. Leaving Dublin became a series of 84 studies of people on the move which employed a very tight visual strategy. Low light cityscapes carefully lit, traditional poses, with a suitcase as the only prop and the sitter in most cases looking away from us into the future. David's work can be viewed on his website: http://www.davidmonahan.eu/ where you will find a detailed blog on this project.

04. MUSEUM SHOP & CAFÉ

Museum Shop: Broad range of specialist books and Museum-branded and handcrafted gifts to suit all budgets. Further details from the Museum Shop: 094 90 31767 or E-mail: shoptp@museum.ie

Museum Café: See above for details of Café vacancies. Visit the Museum Café for a wide variety of tasty and seasonal meals and snacks. Enjoy our freshly baked produce and speciality teas and coffees; the perfect complement to your museum visit. For queries and bookings contact the Museum Café: 094 928 9972 or E-mail: maeve@brambles.ie

05. MEMORY BOOK PROJECT
Your Stories - Our Histories: Memory Book Project
During your Museum visit, please take a seat at our Memory Book to record personal memories and stories related to the objects and exhibitions you have encountered in the Museum. The Memory Book form can be downloaded and returned to the Museum. This form can be completed even if you haven't been to the Museum yet as we would still like to hear your memories relating to Irish country life.

06. ON-LINE RESOURCES
Blog by the Museum's Documentation Department
The Documentation Department in the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life have launched a blog as a spin off from the Museum's Inventory Project - http://turloughparkhouse.wordpress.com/. Visit this blog to get some information on objects in the Museum's collection.
Website for local heritage
www.ouririshheritage.org features articles on local history and heritage from around the country. Anyone with an interest in their local area can contribute to this website which, it is hoped, will eventually reflect the local history of the island of Ireland. Groups and organisations are welcome to promote their cultural and heritage events via the online events form.

07. GENERAL INFORMATION
Visit http://www.museum.ie/en/list/calendar-of-events.aspx for details of the current programme of events.
Contact tpark@museum.ie if you would like to join the Museum's e-mail distribution list.
Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Museum-of-Ireland/94907090068?ref=hl
and Twitter: https://twitter.com/NMIreland.

08. MUSEUM OPENING TIMES
Museum: Tuesday-Saturday: 10am - 5pm Sunday: 2-5pm. Closed Mondays (incl. Bank Holiday).
Museum Shop & Café: open during Museum hours with extended opening from 12pm each Sunday.

09. CONTACT DETAILS
GENERAL INFORMATION: Museum Reception: 094 903 1755
MUSEUM CAFÉ: 094 928 9972; e-mail: maeve@brambles.ie

 



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