Description: <abstract>Museums, Collections and Archives dataset created and managed by the Heritage Council. This dataset is a comprehensive record of natural and cultural heritage facilities open to the public across the island of Ireland. The dataset was created to provide a comprehensive list of these types of heritage facility throughout Ireland, providing a temporal basis for research within this sector. The dataset was also created to provide a map that would enable researchers and tourists to search for natural and cultural heritage facilities geographically and by category. The dataset includes information on each facility's exhibitions, address and contact details.</abstract>
<purpose>Reporting on collections with a cultural and/or natural heritage value throughout the island of Ireland as of May 2015.</purpose>
<metadata>https://data.gov.ie/dataset/museums-collections-archives</metadata>
<external>http://www.irishmuseums.org/</external>
Name: Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI)
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Description: <abstract>The Heritage Council's main commitment to collections care comes through its support of the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). This important initiative, with participants from a wide range of Irish collecting institutions, sets out to raise standards of care across Irish museums and galleries. This programme sets out to improve all aspects of Ireland's museum practice. This dataset provides information on participants in this programme.</abstract>
<purpose>To create a spatial record of the MSPI participants as of January 2015.</purpose>
<metadata>https://data.gov.ie/dataset/museum-standards-programme-for-ireland</metadata>
<external>http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/projects/museum-standards-programme-for-ireland</external>
Description: <abstract>The Local Authority Museums Network dataset created by the Heritage Council.This dataset maps, and provides details for, the Local Authority-run County museums across Ireland.</abstract>
<purpose>Reporting on local authority-run county museums as of March 2015.</purpose>
<metadata>https://data.gov.ie/dataset/local-authority-museums-network</metadata>
<external>https://carlowcountymuseumblog.wordpress.com/local-authority-museum-network/#:~:text=The%20Local%20Authority%20Museums'%20Network%20(LAMN)%20represents%20the%2012,of%20the%20regions%20they%20serve.&text=The%20LAMN%20plays%20a%20vital%20role%20in%20preserving%20archaeological%20heritage.</external>
Description: <abstract>This dataset was created in collaboration with the Irish Traditional Music Archive, mapping tunes that start with ‘The Humours of’ in their title denoting character, mood, exuberance of spirit. The link from each location will give access to the notated music, a downloadable PDF and an interactive score that can be used as a learning tool.</abstract>
<purpose>This dataset provides access to tunes held in the ITMA archive that have a geographic location mentioned in their title. The tunes are all of a type titled ‘The Humours of’. Access is provided to audio files, learning tools and information on particular tunes. The purpose of this dataset is to preserve, raise awareness of, and actively promote engagement with, Irish traditional music. </purpose>
<metadata>http://heritagemaps.ie/documents/ITMA.pdf</metadata>
<external>https://www.itma.ie/</external>