Type: Standing Committee.

Details: As per the National Cultural Institutions Act, 1997 (Section 23 (1) (a)), the General Public Advisory Committee was established ‘to assist and advise the Board in relation to any matters pertaining to the public exhibition of museum heritage objects in the collection of the Museum, and the provision of information and the dissemination of literature relating to those objects to members of the public (including any education programmes undertaken by the Board).’

This committee has been given the remit of all aspects relating to collections and learning, including: acquisitions, collections care, documentation, exhibition, digitisation and publication. The work of the committee includes functions that fall under the remit of the Head of Collections and Learning.

Members:
Board Members: Barra O’Donnabhain (Chair), Claudia Kinmonth, Beatrice Kelly, Geraldine Sheridan, Paolo Viscardi, John Bowen

External Members: Wayne Modest, Richard McElligott

Ex-officio Members: Lynn Scarff (Director)

Secretariat: Jade Dillon (Secretary to the Board/Executive Assistant to the Director)