Limerick City Museum

Municipal museum in Ireland

Limerick Museum

Front façade of the Limerick Museum

Location within Ireland

Former name

| Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum
Established| 1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Location| Henry Street, Limerick
Coordinates| 52°39′51″N 8°37′44″W﻿ / ﻿52.6641°N 8.6288°W﻿ / 52.6641; -8.6288
Collection size| Over 60,000 objects
Website| http://museum.limerick.ie/

Limerick Museum, previously known as the Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum, is a city museum in Limerick, Ireland.[1]

## Foundation[edit]

The Limerick Museum was founded in 1907 and in the Carnegie Free Library and Museum building (established by Andrew Carnegie on Pery Square. Limerick Museum opened to the public in 1916 and remained in Pery Square until 1975. In 1979, the museum relocated to two restored houses in John Square. In 1998 the museum was moved again this time to Castle Lane where it opened to the public in 1999. In 2012, the museum was moved to a temporary location Civic Buildings, Merchant's Quay due to the refurbishment and expansion of King John's Castle (Limerick). In May 2017, it moved to the present location in the old Franciscans Friary on Henry Street.[2]

The museum is run by Limerick City and County Council.

Limerick Museum received national recognition as a museum under the Cultural Institution Act 1997, which allowed it to become a designated museums of the collection of archaeological material. Before 1977 the Limerick city librarian was also the curator. Since then, the full-time museum curators included: Larry Walsh – 1977 to 2012,[3] Brian Hodkinson – 2012 to 2017 and Dr Matthew Potter – 2017 to present.

It has a collection of sixty-two thousand objects gathered through donations, purchase and long-term loan. In 2004, it became the first local authority in the state to have an online catalogue. In recent years, the number of visitors has increased from 13,000 in 2017 to 23,000 in 2018.

## Exhibitions[edit]

The first exhibition was in 1940 to commemorate the centenary of the death of Limerick novelist Gerald Griffin. Since then there have been a series of exhibitions on various aspects of Limerick's history and culture. This gives an opportunity for the rotation of objects within the collection by topic. For example, in the Retrospective Exhibition (2014) the Charter of the City signed by King Charles II of England, a sword given to the city by Queen Elizabeth I of England as well as many other interesting items relating to civic life in the city were on display.

## Noted Items in the Collection[edit]

* The largest meteorite ever to fall on the British Isles lands at Adare, County Limerick[4]
* A rare intact Codd-neck bottle[5]
* Largest collection of Limerick lace
* Selection of 18th and 19th Century Limerick Silver
* Scabbard used by Lord Edward Fitzgerald at his arrest in 1798[6]
* Three Blunderbuss firearms
* Stone Age and Iron Age Archaeological finds
* A range of clothing including a gentleman's suit c.1706[7]

## See also[edit]

* History of Limerick
* Limerick Museum and Archives
* Hunt Museum
* Limerick City Gallery of Art
* List of museums in the Republic of Ireland

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Limerick City Museum Online Catalogue". Limerick City Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
2. ^ "Limerick Museum | Limerick.ie".
3. ^ Spellissy, Sean 'The History of Limerick', Limerick 1993. ISBN 0953468313
4. ^ The Guinness Book of Answers (3rd ed.). Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. 1980. p. 29\. ISBN 0-85112-202-7.
5. ^ "Limerick City and County Museum".
6. ^ "Limerick City and County Museum".
7. ^ "Limerick City and County Museum".

## External links[edit]

* Limerick Museum website
* Limerick Museum on TripAdvisor

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