County Carlow Museum celebrates over 50 since its opened its doors

Carlow County Museum are celebrate over 50 years since it has opened its doors with a special lecture taking place by the Museum Curator opened its doors in 1973.

The Museum Curator, Dermot Mulligan, will be presenting a Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society lecture on Wednesday October 16th in the Seven Oaks Hotel in Carlow.

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From the Carlow County Museum Facebook Page: 

"Carlow County Museum first opened its to the public on Sunday December 2nd1973. This was the realisation of one of the ambitions of the Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) since it was founded in 1946. To celebrate over fifty years of the Museum the next CHAS lecture on Wednesday October 16th in the Seven Oaks Hotel Carlow at 8pm will be delivered by Museum Curator, Dermot Mulligan, focusing of the development of the Museum over those years. 

The Museum was founded and operated by the Carlow Historical and Archaeological Society (CHAS) and they operated the Museum until 2002 when the operations were taken over by Carlow County Council to create our county’s official county museum. The Museum’s first premises was in part of the old Christian Brothers school building on College Street. In 1979 the Museum relocated to the Theatre Room of the Town Hall where it remained until 2002. In 2012 the Museum moved back to College Street, this time to the refurbished Presentation Convent as part of Carlow Town’s Cultural Quarter which houses the Carlow County Library , the Carlow Tourism Tourist Office, the County Museum, Carlow Cathedral Parish, Carlow College, St. Patrick's and VISUAL Carlow.

In 2003 Carlow County Museum was Designated by the National Museum of Ireland to collect and display archaeological finds, a status granted to only twelve museums in Ireland. In 2023, its 50th anniversary year the Museum achieved Full Accreditation under The Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI), the first museum in the county to achieve this award."

To see more information on the you can find it on the Carlow County Museum Facebook Page or below this article.