Appointments to the Historic Monuments Council
The Department for Communities are seeking applications from people interested in the following appointments - Chair and / or Member to the Historic Monuments Council
https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/publications/appointment-chair-and-members-historic-monuments-council
The closing date is 12 noon on Friday 3 November 2017. Late applications will not be considered.
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Touring Exhibitions: National Museums Northern Ireland
National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI) offers a range of touring exhibitions, which are available to local museums.
The exhibitions are currently free to borrow, but borrowing institutions are expected to arrange and cover the costs of transport, installation and insurance.
All exhibitions come with interpretation, though there is some variation between exhibitions and elements can be tailored to suit particular museums.
All exhibitions are scalable, and can be enhanced by additions from your own collections, if appropriate.
Exhibitions available for 2017 include:
Framed: People and Place in Irish Photography
This exhibition offers a range of images drawn from NMNI’s rich collections of historic photographs, to illustrate the development of photography in Ireland from the 1850s to the end of the twentieth century. By emphasizing the themes of people and place, it also illustrates the emergence over time of a distinctly ‘Irish’ genre of public photography.
Art of the Liner: The Work of Kenneth Shoesmith (1890-1939)
This exhibition showcases the important work of Kenneth Denton Shoesmith by displaying 30 works from the Ulster Museum’s collection. The exhibition includes drawings, oil paintings, watercolours and prints that show Shoesmith’s unique talent for recording ships and the world they sailed around.
Elements
The Ulster Museum’s Elements exhibition has inspired a touring younger sibling. From Actinium to Zirconium, this exhibition takes you on a journey along the periodic table, from the rocks beneath your feet to the most distant and ancient reaches of the Universe. The curator of the exhibition, Dr Mike Simms, will work with you to select additional objects from your collections.
A Step in Time: The Story of Irish Dance
This exhibition is stepping out from the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, with a touring exhibition that can help awaken memories of dance in your local area. The exhibition charts the history of Irish dance from the late 1800s to present day, through costume, embroidery, images and film. The curator of the exhibition, Valerie Wilson, will work with you to select additional objects and stories from your collections and local communities.
Out of the Shadows: Capturing the World of the Forgotten Naturalist, John Templeton (1766-1825)
This exhibition is based on diaries written by the naturalist John Templeton, between 1806 and 1825. It marks the 250th anniversary of his birth, and brings to light the extraordinary breadth and historical significance of the diaries, which are explored and re-interpreted through recent photography by Patricia Pyne, the curator of the exhibition.
From Here to the White House: Presidential Portraits by Frank McKelvey
Many American Presidents claim ancestral links to Ulster. This exhibition of original drawings, made around 1930 by Belfast artist Frank McKelvey (1895-1974), focusses on eleven of them. Although not drawn from live models, they do capture something of the character and personality of the subjects, and offer an interesting insight into a growing awareness of Ulster’s contributions to early American politics.
Street Life: Works by Belfast Photographer Martin Nangle 1973-1989
Martin Nangle’s photographs provide a remarkably evocative record of life during turbulent times in Belfast. He worked as a photo-journalist and had a particular interest in the relationship between place, culture and identity and how this can be recorded and explored visually. The Ulster Museum recently acquired a collection of his work as part of a new initiative called ‘Collecting the Troubles and Beyond’ which involves both contemporary collecting and an associated programme of activities.
The Art of History: Watercolours of Irish Town Life in the 1820s by Sampson Towgood Roch (1757-1847)
This exhibition features watercolours selected from a sketch book by the noted Irish painter of portrait miniatures, Sampson Towgood Roch. They date from c.1824 and provide a fascinating insight into the life of ordinary people in an urban setting in pre-famine Ireland. The exhibition can be complemented by additional objects from your collections, which relate to the scenes depicted in the sketch book.
Native, Visitor, or Invader?
Explore the ‘biotic invasion’ of Ireland’s animal and plant life with this exhibition looking at biodiversity in the context of native, introduced, visiting and invading species, pests, ecology and genetic pollution. The exhibition is drawn from the taxidermy collections held by National Museums Northern Ireland.
Through the Eye of a Needle
This exhibition honours the humble sewing needle and all its creations, with beautiful examples of lace, embroidery, quilting and costume.
For more information please contact Hannah Crowdy, Interpretation Manager, National Museums Northern Ireland:
028 9039 5161
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NIMC is moving
31 July 2015
After 12 years at Crescent Gardens in Belfast, NIMC is relocating its offices to Cultra at the beginning of August. We shall be moving at the end of next week and the new office will be fully operational from 10th August. NIMC will continue to use the same web and e-mail addresses and the telephone number is unchanged– 028 90 550215. Our new postal address will be: Northern Ireland Museums Council 153 Bangor Road Holywood Co Down BT18 0EU
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Heritage Lottery Fund grants £2.37 million to Enniskillen Castle
03 December 2014
Enniskillen Castle is to be transformed into a world class heritage attraction, thanks to a £2.37million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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National Museums, Northern Ireland awarded £370 for 'Collecting the Troubles and beyond by HLF
03 December 2014
NMNI are one of a number of UK museums to recieve the Heritage Lottery Fund Collecting Cultures grant which allows curators to go shopping.
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£11.5M Lottery Grant To Transform the HMS Caroline
03 December 2014
HMS Caroline, the last surviving vessel which fought in the 1916 Battle of Jutland is to be transformed into a museum with a £11.5m grant from the HLF.
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IMA Forums: Industrial and Working Collections
06 October 2014
The IMA Forum: Industrial and Working Collections will be held at the Guinness Storehouse on Monday 6 October 2014.
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Appointment of a Chair of the Museum Accreditation Committee
05 September 2014
Arts Council England are looking to appoint a chair to lead the Museum Accreditation Committee who can bring recent and extensive experience of museum management at a senior level and a broad understanding of the role and purpose of museums.
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Collections Trust launches Going Digital Conference
01 September 2014
A new one-day conference to help museums improve their basic use of computers and the Internet has been launched by the Collections Trust as part of its major Going Digital Programme, which is supported by Arts Council England.
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Historic Royal Palaces appoints Head of Hillsborough Castle
01 September 2014
Historic Royal Palaces has appointed Patricia Corbett as Head of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity also responsible for the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, Banqueting House and Kew Palace, took over the management of Hillsborough Castle from the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) in April.
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Exciting new community engagement project at Mid-Antrim Museums Service
19 August 2014
The importance of built heritage, history and their connected stories is significant in regional identity. The way we see these sites and landmarks can instil a sense of place in a community and individual locality.
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Accreditation for Carrickfergus Museums
13 August 2014
Carrickfergus Museum, located at Carrickfergus Museum & Civic Centre and the Andrew Jackson Cottage and US Rangers Centre have both been awarded Full Accreditation in July 2014. Further information on both museums can be found at http://www.carrickfergus.org/tourism/museum/. A new learning programme involving a Walking Tour of Medieval Carrick was piloted by Carrickfergus Museum earlier this year and will be one of the presentation's at NIMC's 'Spilling the Beans' event on 23rd Sept in the Somme Heritage Centre. Full details of this event are available at http://www.nimc.co.uk/news/article/224/.
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Welcome for President Higgins to Armagh Public Library
12 August 2014
The Very Revd Gregory Dunstan, Keeper of Armagh Public Library, welcomed President and Mrs Higgins to Armagh Public Library on the final part of their visit to Armagh. Archbishop Richard Clarke, as Chairman of the Library's Governors and Guardians, met the President in the Library's Long Room, along with Library staff and volunteers.
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Spilling the Beans - 23rd Sept 2014
06 August 2014
This free session at the Somme Heritage Centre will be an opportunity to hear from four speakers on a range of local museum projects, highlighting achievements and sharing 'tales of the unexpected.' There will be a chance to network, build partnerships and discuss new ideas and activities which you can take back to your own museum.
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Museums, Money and Medals Network
05 August 2014
The Museums, Money and Medals Network is an Arts Council funded project that exists to build and develop relationships between UK museums with coin, medal and banknote collections. Many local museums face a problem in this field in that there are very few specialist curators with in-depth knowledge working with these collections at the moment. This project seeks to address this by encouraging people to work together on a regional as well as national level to share knowledge and expertise.
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Milford House Museum Acquires RSA Paintngs
18 July 2014
Milford House Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of four old master studio paintings from Royal Scottish Academy. In 2011 Milford Buildings Preservation Trust the governing body of Milford House Museum expressed interest in acquiring the paintings which Royal Scottish Academy were disposing of as part of deaccessioning process to rationalise their collection. However as Milford House Museum was at that time a provisionally accredited museum, Royal Scottish Academy generously offered the paintings on long-term loan until such times as Milford House Museum received full Accreditation and then they would be gifted to the Trust.
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Museums awarded Full Accreditation
12 March 2014
Congratulations to the following local museums who have been awarded the status of Full Accreditation on 6th March 2014 - Newry & Mourne Museum, Fermanagh County Museum, North Down Museum, The F.E. McWilliam Gallery & Studio, The Inniskillings Museum, The Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum and The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum.
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