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A NORTH Kerry student has been named the Kerry Young Historian of the Year for 2026. Cathal Slattery of Causeway Comprehensive Secondary School received the prestigious honour at the annual Kerry Young Historian Awards which were held on Thursday evening at Tralee Library. The Kerry Young Historian Award is an […]
KERRY County Museum offered a wide range of free events for National Heritage Week for the enjoyment of locals and tourists alike. “This year’s theme is heritage at risk and we were thrilled to welcome sculptor Holger Lönze and artist Karen Hendy, who demonstrated how Bronze objects were cast in […]
KERRY County Museum is inviting locals and visitors to enjoy an exciting programme of free events this August as Tralee celebrates Féile Thrá Lí and the Rose of Tralee International Festival and National Heritage Week. There will be free admission to Kerry County Museum from Friday, August 14 to Saturday, […]
THE achievements of 11 Irish museums, including the Kerry County Museum, are being formally recognised today through the Heritage Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) at a special awards ceremony in Kilkenny Castle. MSPI is an accreditation programme that supports museums and cultural heritage collections across Ireland to achieve […]
KERRY County Museum is to receive €10,875 under the Regional Museum Exhibitions Scheme 2025 for a collections-based handling collection for exhibitions, outreach and public events. Kerry Cultural and Literary CLG will €15,000 for Kerry Writers’ Museum Interpretation Enhancements under the scheme. The Kerry County Museum’s new handling collection will enhance […]
CHILDREN from Ardfert National School were at Kerry County Museum on Tuesday to see their artwork on display in a new exhibition. Local artist Amanda Bentley-Curran worked with four local primary schools along the St Brendan Way — St Brendan’s Fenit, Spa NS, Ardfert NS and Scoil Naomh Eirc Kilmoyley […]
A TEMPORARY exhibition — ‘RePEAT: Rediscovering Ireland’s Peatlands in Precarious Times’ — will take place at the Kerry County Museum from June 10-29. The RePEAT project is a collaborative work between scholars from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Galway. As part of the exhibition, Kerry-based artist Karen Hendy’s […]
KERRY County Museum is to host the Irish Museums Association (IMA) 2025 Annual Conference in Tralee next week from March 5-7 at Siamsa Tíre. The IMA’s conference was last held in Tralee in 1993, when it was launched by the Irish Government’s first Minister for Culture, Michael D. Higgins. Under […]
THE current Rose of Tralee popped into Kerry County Museum on Friday morning to make her contribution to the ‘Gowns Of Glory’ exhibition which has returned for the season. There are 43 dresses, from Alice O’Sullivan’s gown in 1959 to the present rose Róisín Wiley from New York, are now on […]
AN exhibition entitled “Embracing Our Heritage: A celebration of Irish Traveller Identity” will be launched in Kerry County Museum, Ashe Memorial Hall, Tralee at 11am on Thursday. A partnership between Kerry Traveller Health Community Development Project and Kerry County Museum, the exhibition and will provide an opportunity for families, both […]
