20 Jun 2025
In the latest Traditional Boats of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way blog, curator Noel Campbell explores sea fishing devices in the archive, highlighting Irish language records.
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18 Apr 2025
Explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. Discover the beautifully illustrated Gospel-book (Cod. Sang. 51) & the Crucifixion plaque from Rinnagan, Co. Roscommon. #NMIBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology
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ALT Detail from a Crucifixion scene in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 266. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
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21 Mar 2025
In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog
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ALT An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
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1 Feb 2025
Is this the earliest relic of St. Brigid?
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗 museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-…
ALT Vellum fragment from Saint Maurice d’Agaune CHN 64/2/88 with kind permission of l’abbaye de Saint-Maurice d’Agaune.
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30 Aug 2024
Learn how communities along the coast in South-Mid Kerry successfully fought back against a trend of rural depopulation which threatened the local tradition of the seine boat, a carvel-built rowboat. #MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog
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ALT Seine boat regatta, Sneem, Co. Kerry, 1996. © National Museum of Ireland.
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5 Jul 2024
Discover the Gandelow!
This unique boat, tied to the rich salmon fishing traditions of the Shannon Estuary, where Ireland's longest river meets the Atlantic Ocean. #MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog
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ALT Gandelow boat on the River Cashen, Co. Kerry, 1967. © National Museum of Ireland.
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25 May 2024
The file on any museum object is never truly closed! Our latest #MuseumBlog details the rich history of a particular Blasket Islands naomhĂłg, researched by multiple NMI curators over the past 30 years #HistoricPhotos #MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog #NMIBlog
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ALT Tomás Ó Dálaigh with currach, 1971. © Máire Nà Dhálaigh.
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18 Jan 2024
Winter days are more often cold, short & dark but necessity meant fishing off the Irish coast never stopped. Discover how resilient Irish fishermen braved the winter seas in our latest #MuseumBlog. #HistoricPhotos #MaritimeHistory #CuratorBlog #NMIBlog shorturl.at/pqrtV
ALT The long lines used during winter fishing were hung to dry on a scoilteán. Pictured here the scoilteán was set high into a gable wall to allow the hanging long lines dry faster. © National Museum of Ireland.
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25 Mar 2020
In amongst the darkness... a glimmer of light (bit dramatic, we know, but we really do miss seeing our collections in person).
The #CuratorBlog has landed!
Featuring our oldest piece of jewellery, a Roman Ring found in #Sidbury. #WorcestershireHour
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27 Jan 2020
A new #CuratorBlog treat for your Monday morning!
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20 Jan 2020
Museum collections can have a life of their own, which makes a curator's job even more interesting (and sometimes challenging!). Read all about the special discovery of a 'lost' painting in our #CuratorBlog.
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18 Oct 2017
Books to inspire you to be a nature lover! The Lost Words opens 21 Oct #3DaysToGo #CuratorBlog bit.ly/2gsdROu
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16 Oct 2017
Our Spell Walks posts are being installed in the grounds! #TheLostWordsSpellWalks #CuratorBlog #5DaysToGo bit.ly/2gsdROu
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13 Oct 2017
Our wallpapers for The Lost Words are being installed! Imagine a wood without acorns... #8DaysToGo #CuratorBlog bit.ly/2gsdROu
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11 Oct 2017
Printing of the Letterpress Spells for The Lost Words is now underway by Whittington Press! #10daystogo #CuratorBlog bit.ly/2gsdROu
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30 Sep 2016
There's nothing like art in Sedona -- except @mtartistsguild of course! đź’• #jhumda @JHMuseumStudies #mycreativelife #curatorblog
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