While Limerick Museum is closed for now due to Covid-19 there are a lot of online resources available for you to enjoy at home. Here are some of the highlights of the Limerick Museum collection and exhibitions, audio tours, videos and creative activities to entertain and inspire you.
Limerick Soviet Exhibition
The Limerick Soviet was a general strike held in protest against the imposition of martial law in the city by the British authorities in 1919. For a fortnight (14-26 April, 2019) the Soviet governed Limerick City. The strike was the first of its kind in Ireland, and to mark the centenary of the event, Limerick Museum partnered with the Limerick Council of Trade Unions to create an exhibition that paid respect to the people involved.
The exhibition ran from March 2019 to June 2019. You can find the panels from the exhibition here
Limerick GAA Memorabilia – The Gerry Piggott Collection
In this video Museum Curator Matthew Potter, in collaboration with Sporting Limerick, takes us through the objects and the artefacts of the Piggott Collection which was donated to the Limerick Museum in 2016 and was the subject of Limerick’s 130 Years of All-Ireland Success, the subject of an exhibition of Limerick GAA memorabilia which took place in Limerick Museum in 2018.
The Three Muses – Activity Pack
The Three Muses Activity Pack is a learning resource inspired by the collections of The Hunt Museum, Limerick Museum and Limerick City Gallery of Art.
It is bursting with open-ended creative activities which support Visual Art, History and English curricula, and is available here to view online or print at home. Explore and learn from Limerick’s museums without leaving your house – all you need is a pencil, paper and your brilliant imagination.
For jigsaw puzzles using images from the Three Muses Project and a Three Muses quiz, click here.
A History of Limerick Lace
Limerick’s lace-making industry was one of the city’s most famous exports. The history of Limerick Lace is important to us as it represents an international brand, but also because many families treated pieces of Limerick Lace as family treasures. Watch ‘A History of Limerick Lace’ featured on RTÉ’s Nationwide in 2019.
Decade of Centenaries Projects
To commemorate and celebrate Limerick’s major role in the eventful period 1914-1922, Limerick Museum and various partners produced a number of projects that highlighted Limerick men and women who participated, fought or died during this time.
Stand Up and Fight showcased the role of more than 4,000 men and women from Limerick that signed up for the British Army during the First World War.
They Dreamed and Are Dead was the title of an exhibition and publication examining all aspects of life in Limerick in 1916.
Click here for more.
Limerick City Council Retrospective Exhibition
Retrospective Exhibition details 800 years of Limerick’s governmental history, from the Vikings to the Normans, the Sieges and the transformation from a colony to a Republic. For more about the exhibition and to download the brochure click here .
Limerick's Military History
This project was undertaken with the Limerick branch of the Organisation of National Ex-servicemen and women. The exhibition gave an insight into the many wars that Limerick has participated in, as well as famous Limerick people who fought in various wars throughout the world.
Click here for the exhibition slides and a short audio tour is available on YouTube here.
Research Aids, People and Places
There are numerous useful research aids when examining the history of Limerick. Click here for a select few of these resources.
Limerick Museum
For more Limerick Museum historical projects and exhibitions click here.
A series of short audio tours are available on Limerck Museum's YouTube channel, click here.
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