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The Tuam/Sligo chair

Over 90 years, the National Museum of Ireland has been collecting examples of a particular chair type known as the 'Sligo' or 'Tuam' chair. Our Irish Chair: Tradition Revisited is a temporary exhibition in which the Museum's full collection of these chairs is displayed for the first time. The exhibition takes a closer look at this chair type and its place in the story of Irish design.

Some artefacts from this collection


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Our Irish Chair: Tradition Revisited is a temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo.

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