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# Museum

This year
2023
A museum about death has just opened in Waterford
The Irish Wake Museum was opened today by Minister Darragh O’Brien today in Waterford city.
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Jun 16th 2023, 12:47 PM
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What will an art gallery or museum visit be like once they open their doors?
Some galleries are trying to make the experience as normal as possible.
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Jun 26th 2020, 6:20 AM
Ireland's wars, the first Dáil and rural electrification - A look at the National Museum of Ireland's 2019 programme
The museum will stage five temporary exhibitions alongside its usual long-term collections.
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Mar 21st 2019, 11:43 AM
Cutbacks blamed as massive fire guts Brazil's national museum
Around 500 protesters formed a human chain around the museum’s still-smoldering remains.
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Sep 3rd 2018, 11:04 PM
'This is a tragic day for Brazil': Fire tears through historic museum in Rio
The fire “spread very quickly”, officials said.
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Sep 3rd 2018, 7:12 AM
A French art museum has just discovered half of its collection are fakes
Out of the 140 artworks in the collection, 82 were fake.
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Apr 30th 2018, 10:54 AM
From Patricio Lynch to Che Guevara: The story of the Cuban revolutionary's Irish links
We spoke to Epic, the Irish emigration museum about the Irish lineage behind Che Guevara, Rihanna and the US social activist Mother Jones.
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Dec 25th 2017, 12:01 PM
11 vital things we need to see included in the proposed U2 museum in Dublin
We are open to the role of the museum’s artistic director.
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Aug 7th 2017, 2:30 PM
'Iconic Aran jumper' to go on display at New York Museum of Modern Art
The jumper will feature alongside a Wonderbra and a pair of Levi 501 jeans from the 1940s.
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Aug 3rd 2017, 7:14 PM
PHOTOS: Priceless remains lie in ruins at Mosul museum
Iraqi forces recently retook the building from the so-called Islamic State group.
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Mar 13th 2017, 7:47 PM
Report shows 'toxic' culture of bullying at National Museum of Ireland
A new report seen by RTÉ, highlights ‘bullying’ and ‘harassment’ at the National Museum.
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Feb 9th 2017, 9:43 PM
A pensioner filled in a crossword at a museum, only to discover it's art worth €80,000
“Anyone got any idea about 5 Across?”
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Jul 15th 2016, 8:56 PM
A US holocaust museum is asking Pokémon Go players to keep away
The museum is trying to remove itself from the game as people visit it to catch Pokémon.
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Jul 13th 2016, 9:51 AM
This man ignored a museum's 'no touching' rules and smashed a priceless clock
Good job, mate.
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Jun 3rd 2016, 2:05 PM
70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz, a gold ring and necklace are found hidden in an old mug
One million European Jews died between 1940 and 1945 at the Auschwitz camp in the southern city of Oswiecim.
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May 21st 2016, 1:00 PM
This guy turned his museum trip into one epic face-swapping session
Genius.
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Apr 17th 2016, 2:39 PM
This is the best museum in Ireland*
*According to TripAdvisor.
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Sep 18th 2015, 11:40 AM
People are angry that a museum meant to celebrate women is now devoted to Jack the Ripper
Y’know, Jack the Ripper. Who killed women.
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Jul 30th 2015, 8:27 AM
PHOTOS: Welcome to Old Car City, USA - the world's largest junkyard museum
Waste not, want not.
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Jul 17th 2015, 8:49 PM
This hideous beige 1980s kitchen? It's now a museum piece
That was three decades ago. In the last century.
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Mar 22nd 2015, 6:00 PM
Vote on contentious 1916 museum delayed AGAIN
The ‘land swap’ deal is opposed by Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Greens and People Before Profit.
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Oct 6th 2014, 7:20 PM
Kilkenny 'pop-up' museum lets you uncover Ireland's past
The project will run in the Parade in Kilkenny city today.
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Aug 14th 2014, 8:10 AM
Couple caught on camera stealing a model dinosaur from a museum
Why, people? Why?
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Jul 19th 2014, 11:45 AM
Suspects who stole baby dinosaur from a museum hand themselves in
Doyouthinktheysaurus? Yes. Yes they did.
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Jul 18th 2014, 6:32 PM
There is a bouncy castle full of boobs in a New York museum
Quite literally. NSFW, perhaps.
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Jun 30th 2014, 10:30 PM
New Irish Whiskey Museum to get €150,000 of Government funding
St. Patrick’s Cathedral will also recive funds through Fáilte Ireland.
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Jun 3rd 2014, 12:22 PM
"Extraordinary" - Visitors to Dublin's Little Museum up 114 per cent
The team behind the museum say they are delighted – and gobsmacked – by the figure.
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Jan 18th 2014, 5:00 PM
Cycling photographer's rare pictures uncover the Ireland of old
Franz Haselbeck cycled around Limerick and South Clare taking photographs of daily events – and major happenings.
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Dec 30th 2013, 7:45 PM
New, larger Irish Jewish Museum granted planning permission
An Bord Pleanála granted permission with ‘revised conditions’.
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Dec 30th 2013, 4:34 PM
Column: Atheist gatherings take the positive aspects of church like the sense of community and self-reflection
The Sunday Assembly, which takes place this Sunday is a gathering of a godless congregation of over 100 people, with ages ranging from 7 to 70.
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Dec 13th 2013, 7:30 PM
Here's a museum that tells blind visitors: Please touch!
Blind and visually impaired visitors are encouraged to get up close to items during their special tours.
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Dec 8th 2013, 5:30 PM
Dublin could be getting its very own chocolate museum
A very tasty prospect.
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Nov 28th 2013, 5:39 PM
Rubber duck beats Pac Man and My Little Pony into Toy Hall of Fame
We demand a recount!
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Nov 8th 2013, 9:39 AM
Berlin museum seeks return of ancient gold tablet taken to US after the Holocaust
The tablet was brought to the US by a Holocaust survivor after surviving the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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Oct 15th 2013, 3:12 PM
Ireland's MOMA to reopen this weekend
Tea dances, drawing workshops and creative dens.
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Oct 11th 2013, 7:30 AM
Five ways to make the most of Culture Night
Getting out and about on Culture Night? Here’s how to make sure it’s a great one.
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Sep 20th 2013, 7:15 AM
Titanic bandmaster's violin on display in Belfast
The iconic instrument belonged to Wallace Hartley, who famously continued playing alongside his fellow musicians as the vessel sank in 1912.
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Sep 19th 2013, 6:45 AM
Investigation at the Louvre after thousands of fake tickets found
Some of the tickets being presented by Chinese tourists were said to be “perfect clones”.
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Sep 11th 2013, 8:42 PM
Police seize 'Putin in women's underwear' painting
The painting portrays Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev lounging together in lingerie.
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Aug 28th 2013, 1:41 PM
Ancient statue mysteriously starts spinning in museum
Staff set up a camera to record the Egyptian relic – here’s the video…
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Jun 25th 2013, 9:33 AM
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