QUIET HOUR: Sensory Friendly Hour at the Museum
Visit and explore the Galleries during a dedicated Quiet Hour
Painting by Collette Moran, Luisne Art Project
Bicycle. NMI Collections F:2011.3
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Sunday - Monday:
1pm-5pm
Discover the familiar and the surprising at the National Museum of Ireland in Turlough Park, Castlebar.
Join us this December for three festive Sunday afternoons celebrating 'Christmas at Turlough Park' on 7, 14 and 21 December.
Find out moreFrom the woodland playground to bee inspired art, make memories together at Turlough Park in Co. Mayo
Find out moreReconnect with nature, unwind and refresh in the award-winning gardens of Turlough Park.
Find out moreThe Irish Folklife Collection amounts to c.35,000 objects complemented by extensive archive documentation which includes a specialist library, field recordings and image collections.
The aim of the Irish Folklife Division is to collect and preserve objects representative of the material culture that forms part of the traditional way of life of Ireland.
Butterprints came in many shapes (mirror, eye and stamp) and the older ones were all turned from a single piece of wood with the decoration created with wood chipping tools and cutters.
View artefact Show me another artefact factTurlough Park,
Castlebar,
Co. Mayo,
F23 HY31
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