Museums Awards Scheme
Due to current budget restraints, the Heritage Council is no longer in a position to run this Award Scheme.
The Museum Awards aimed to highlight and celebrate the achievements of museums and collections, together with their curators and staff, as they strived to care for and protect our heritage, and to make it as accessible to as many people as possible. The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Museums Council ran the Museum Awards biennially. At the Awards Ceremony held in Iveagh House, Dublin on 18th May 2009, awards were presented to various Museums in the North and in the Republic under the following categories:
- Collections Care
- Education & Community Engagement
- Local Authority Museums
- Exhibition and Publications
- Museum of the Year
- Winner of the Best Education and Outreach Category 2009 - South Tipperary County Museum for the project 'Heritage in Schools'. L-R Chris Bailey, Director, Northern Ireland Museums Council, Marie McMahon, South Tipperary County Museum, Pat Slattery Director of Services, South Tipperary County Council, Michael Starrett, Chief Executive, The Heritage Council, Cllr Tom Ambrose, Chairman South Tipperary County Council, Julia Walsh, South Tipperary County Museum, Declan McGonagle, Chairman of the Judging Panel for the Museum Awards & Laobhaise McKenna, Heritage Officer, South Tipperary County Council