Civic Reception, The Guildhall
Irish Museums Association announces 6 New Honorary Members at Annual Conference 2009
At the conference dinner the Board of the Irish Museums Association announced 6 new Honorary Members. As it is 1985 since this designation was awarded, the intervening years have been taken into account, and the Board now has pleasure in awarding Honorary Membership to 6 distinguished figures in the Irish museum world:
Dr. Michael Ryan, Director of the Chester Beatty Library, Roger Weatherup, former Curator of Armagh County Museum and a founder committee member of the Irish Museums Association,
Raymond Keaveney, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland,
Sean Nolan, former Director of the Ulster Museum,
Maighread McParland, Conservator and a founder member of the Irish Professional Conservators’ and Restorers’ Association/IPCRA (1982) and of the Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works in Ireland/ ICHAWI (1991),
Dr. Patrick Wallace, Director of the National Museum of Ireland.
The designation is awarded in recognition of the considerable service and significant contribution that these figures have made to the development of Irish museums, and to the practice of museum and cultural heritage work in Ireland. The Chairperson of the Association, Dr Marie Bourke states: “At the IMA, we felt that it was time to applaud the contribution that these figures have made over a considerable period of time to Irish museums and to the museum profession. It is an honour for the Association to be in a position to recognise and acknowledge their achievements.”
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