Publication
Designated Museums
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From: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
- Published on: 3 July 2015
- Last updated on: 12 November 2020
Under Section 68 (2) of the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 the Director of the National Museum of Ireland may, with Ministerial consent, designate local museums as appropriate places for the curatorial care of State owned archaeological objects that are predominately of local rather than national interest.
The following museums have received designated status:
- Carlow County Museum
- Cavan County Museum
- Clare County Museum
- Cork Public Museum
- Donegal County Museum
- Kerry County Museum
- Galway City Museum
- Limerick Museum
- Louth County Museum, Dundalk
- Monaghan County Museum
- Tipperary South County Museum
- Waterford Museum of Treasures