Logan Sisley selects Michael Collins by John Lavery, on view at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks
Peter Somerville-Large recounts the history of the National Museum of Ireland’s significant ethnographic collection, last displayed over thirty years ago
The National Museum of Ireland’s up-coming Glendalough exhibition includes items that have come to light in the valley and its environs over the last two or three centuries and which have never been seen in public before, writes Matthew Seaver
Audrey Whitty examines some rarities from a connoisseur’s collection of Irish glass recently acquired by the National Museum of Ireland
Jennifer Goff selects Sasha Sykes’ contemporary screen inspired by Eileen Gray’s original
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
A lack of exhibition space and restricted budgets dog many museums, not least Ireland’s National Museum whose African artefacts Peter Somerville-Large recalls last viewing as a schoolboy
Kevin V Mulligan reminds us of the cultural aspirations associated with the architectural competition for the National Museum of Ireland in the 1880’s
Audrey Whitty explores the concept behind Sodeisha as the National Museum marks the 60th anniversary of Irish-Japanese diplomatic relations with a joint exhibition.
Eamonn P Kelly evaluates the recent find of gold coins in County Tipperary now on display at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks