GO ONLINE FOR A NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM ON MONDAY

WE MIGHT not be able to get inside museums physically at the moment but there are still ways to interact with the culture and history our museums are home to.

International Museums Day falls on Monday but this year it’s going digital as museums all over the world provide a vibrant range of online activities.

The Local Authority Museums Network (LAMN), has answered the call to provide a vibrant range of online activities for the people the museums in the network serve.

The current COVID-19 pandemic is an extraordinary world health crisis and will be a defining event for our generation. We are making and living history right now. Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Tipperary and Limerick Museums are all working with their communities to record their experiences of Covid 19.

Cork Public Museum has produced a new website featuring numerous activities that will help people interact with their history and culture. Galway City Museum has launched a range of new digital services all aimed at getting the community involved with their heritage. Staff from Carlow and Kerry Museum have been working on their community call lines helping the vulnerable in their areas. Louth, Waterford and Clare Museums are also reaching out to people in their regions through local media and imaginative online activities.

For more details and information on events see facebook.com/LAMN2016.