In order to participate in the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI), each museum must first meet three eligibility criteria. This is decided by means of an eligibility application process. Museums that complete the process, and are deemed eligible, may then be invited to join the programme and start the accreditation process.
bThe list of standards is outlined below with an indication of whether each relates to interim or full accreditation. Further information is available on each standard by clicking on the relevant heading.
A programme of training in all aspects of museum work forms an integral part of the Museum Standards Programme. It is only through a considered strategy of training and continuous professional development (CPD) that Irish museums will fulfil their potential to be at the heart of the social and cultural life of increasingly diverse communities.
Four museums have today been awarded full accreditation under the Heritage Council's Museum Standards Programme for Ireland.
The findings of a major new survey of the strengths and opportunities for Tralee Town Centre have been launched today.
Little terns are one of Ireland’s rarest breeding sea birds. Volunteers from the Louth Nature Trust spend up to 100 hours each season, protecting the nesting sites of Little Terns on a 1.5 km area of Baltray beach in County Louth. The beach is one of the sites that these summer migrants return to each year.
The Habitat Mapping and Biodiversity Action Plan project sets out to map 1,750 hectares, taking in the Nephin Mountain range and the Corraun peninsula. The landscape ranges from uplands to coastal areas, mature woodlands and wetlands. The Mulranney Environmental Group is hoping that the area will become a place for high nature value farming.
The Irish Peatland Conservation Council (IPCC) is enhancing the breeding habitat of the beautiful golden brown patterned Marsh Fritillary butterfly at its site on Lullymore West Bog, County Kildare. The cutaway bog which was donated to the IPCC by Bord na Mona, is now regenerating into a species rich grassland and moorland with a range of habitats.
The Heritage Council is delighted to congratulate The Headford Lace Project on winning this year’s Tidy Towns Heritage Award.
Our Museum Standards Programme celebrated 10 years this year.