The Hunt for Love
Join us for Love Tours on Valentine’s Day ! Discover John Hunt’s passion for Ireland’s Mediaval past and his love of arts. Lots of romantic objects and stories will be shared along the way. Come at the...
View ArticleYour memories for the 20th Birthday
On the 14th of February 2017 the museum will be celebrating 20 years in the Custom House. We will be gathering your Hunt Museum experiences over the next few months and building an online memory store...
View ArticleSpring 2017 Academic Programme
Limerick 2030: What is the Future of our City? Join us on to learn about Limerick’s 2030 plans and how these changes can be set in their historical context. Each evening a different aspect of...
View ArticleCapital Grant Award
The Hunt Museum is delighted to announce we have been awarded €400k of capital funds to address issues within and around the Custom House building. The award was made by the Department of Arts,...
View ArticlePersonalised Easter Bunnies
Personalised Easter Bunnies with name – €19.50. To place order please contact us on 061 312833. Orders must be in by this Friday March 17th. The post Personalised Easter Bunnies appeared first on The...
View ArticleCruinniú na nÓg Stop Motion Workshops
An overview of the children’s Stop Motion workshops that created our “Signals of Change” video Three minute read Author: Chelsea Canavan On 23 June, as part of Cruinniú na nÓg, in Limerick, young...
View ArticleBlog Series: Object of the Month, Momento Mori – Pomander skull
Alas, poor Yorick! Reminders of mortality and sensory overload – skulls and perfume Authors: Jean Tierney & Jill Cousins...
View ArticleHeritage Week: Press Release
Get your hands working for heritage Learn 3D Digitising with the Hunt Museum Collection “Sometimes the eye doesn’t see an object’s detail but working with it digitally on a computer screen reveals so...
View ArticleHunt Museum Docent Blog Series – MEDIEVAL IRISH DRINKING VESSELS
by Geraldine Burke, Hunt Museum 3 minutes to read Keywords: Liam MacCarthy Cup, Methers, Loving Cup, Drinking Vessels, Food Storage Methers – Item Codes HCM 221-5 – The Hunt Museum Collection,...
View ArticleConnecting culture and migration: Europeana Migration Collection Days at the...
Press Release from Hunt Museum, Connecting culture and migration: Europeana Migration Collection Days at the Hunt Museum 30 November – 2 December – A weekend collecting personal objects and stories on...
View ArticleHunt Museum Docent Blog Series – THE ANGEL WITH THE BROKEN WING
by Grace Cantillon, Hunt Museum 3 minutes to read Keywords: Angel, Stained Glass, Medieval There are over 40 angels in the Hunt Museum Collection. This one, in medieval stained glass, is distinctive...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: Bedford Row Project
Yesterday the Hunt Museum and Limerick Prison Education Unit took great pleasure in presenting the Bedford Row Project with a cheque for €1500. This will help them cover some of their Children’s Club...
View ArticleHUNT MUSEUM DOCENT BLOG SERIES – THOTH – BABOON AND IBIS GOD OF THE MOON
By Brid Frawley, Hunt Museum, 4 minutes to read Keywords: Thoth, Ibis, God of the Moon, Baboon, Ancient Egypt, Seshat, Afterlife, Gods, Goddesses Figure 1: Thoout, Thoth Deux fois Grand, le Second...
View ArticleHunt Museum appoints three new Board Members
To complement our, shortly to be published, Hunt Museum Strategy 2025 we are very pleased to welcome four experts to the Board. Key to our strategy are our Education and Community strands and the...
View ArticleHUNT MUSEUM DOCENT BLOG SERIES – Tea with the Hare
By Dolores McBurnie, Hunt Museum Docent, 2 minutes to read Keywords: Hare, March Hare, symbolism, Ming, porcelain, tea ceremony, Japanese, Zen, longevity, immortality, Taoism Fig. 1 Sweetmeat...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: EXTRACT – 22nd Annual Exhibition by 2nd Year Painting...
PRESS RELEASE: EXTRACT 22nd Annual Exhibition by 2nd Year Painting Students, Limerick School of Art & Design March 28th, 2019 – April 14th, 2019 An exhibition inspired by the Hunt Collection...
View ArticleHUNT MUSEUM DOCENT BLOG SERIES – BEAUFORT TAPESTRY
By Catherine Woods, Hunt Museum, 3 minutes to read Key words: Tapestries, fragment, medieval europe, Avignon, pope, papal city Beaufort, Turenne and Comminges Tapestry Fragment, Hunt Museum, HCL 017...
View ArticleHUNT MUSEUM DOCENT BLOG SERIES – A DIVINE MAKEOVER
Keywords: Egyptian, Roman, Goddess, Gods, Horus, Isis, Greek, Greco-Roman, Hellenisation, symbolism,breastfeeding, kingship, Alexandria. By Grace Cantillon 3 minutes to read Figure 1 – Carving of...
View ArticlePress Release – Lavery & Osborne: Observing Life
The Hunt Museum to feature a Summer exhibition of two Irish Greats – Lavery and Osborne 1 June to 30 September Sir John Lavery and Walter Frederick Osborne were born in the mid-nineteenth century...
View ArticlePress Release: The Hunt Summer Exhibition Gala Dinner & Art Auction
Complimenting the Summer Exhibition on Lavery & Osborne: Observing Life, The Hunt Museum is holding a lavish gala dinner in the gardens on Thursday 30th May, to raise money for the Hunt Museum....
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