The Hunt Museum
| County: | Co. Limerick |
| Tel: | 061-312 833 |
| Fax: | 061-312 834 |
| Email: | info@huntmuseum.com |
The Hunt Collection is housed in Limerick city's finest 18th Century building, the Custom House; an elegant Palladian style building. This collection contains a dazzling assemblage of objects. John and Gertrude Hunt selected each piece in the collection according to the quality of its design, craftsmanship, artistic merit.
It is not just the big names such as Picasso, Renoir and Gauguin which afford the Hunt collections its legendary status but also the superb quality of the work on display by anonymous craftsmen. Each piece encourages a sense of curiosity and wonder. While there are chronological and thematic groupings, often the objects are mixed together as this is how they were presented during their time as a private collection in the Hunt family household.
The Hunt family generously donated the collection to the people of Ireland, so that the pleasure they derived from it might be shared by as many people as possible.
General Information
| Address: | The Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick |
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| Telephone; | 061-312 833 |
| Fax: | 061-312 834 |
| Email: | info@huntmuseum.com |
| Website: | http://www.huntmuseum.com |
| Location: | Limerick City |
| Season: | All Year |
| Open Times: | Monday - Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00 Sunday: 14.00 - 17.00 |
| Tours: | Booking essential Max No: 75. Duration: 50 minutes. Languages: English, French |
| Booking Contact: | education@huntmuseum.com |
| Manager: | Dr. Hugh Maguire |
| Average Visit Length: | 1-2 hours |
| Entrance Fees: |
Adult: €5 Child: €2.50 Senior: €3.50 Family: €12 Group Rate: €4 |
| Exhibition: | The Hunt Collection: Permanent Collection Temporary Exhibition Gallery: Annual calender of events |
| Restaurant: | Full range of hot and cold food available throughout the day, Mon-Sat (seats 75) |
| Picnic Area: | No |
| Shop: | Shop stocking unique gifts inspired by the Hunt Collection & quality goods |
| Information Guide: | English, French, German, Spanish & Italian |
| Coach Parking: | Yes |
| Group Booking Necessary: | Yes |
| Car Parking: | Yes |
| Disabled Access/Parking: | Yes |
Up-Coming Exhibitions
Hidden Treasures from the Hunt Collection
19 January - 11 March 2012
Objects from The Hunt Museum collection store selected by our volunteers
Talks and Lectures
Connected Limerick Workshop organised in conjunction with the
Interactive Design Association and the University of Limerick
Highlights of the Hunt Museum Lectures:
04 November 2011: ‘ Medieval Treasures’ by Grace Cantillon & Tony Harpur
02 December 2011: ‘The Jewellery Collection’ by Sybille McGovern
06 January 2012: ‘The Sybil Connolly Collection’ by Noreen Ellerker
1st Friday of every month, 2.00pm, a €5 donation is suggested
For more information and a brochure on events and exhibitions at the Hunt Museum, CLICK HERE!
Schools
(i) Themed activity sheets and guided tours: A wide variety of activity sheets on various themes and seasonal treasure trails and quizzes are available throughout the year. Sample themes are the Medieval World, the Celts to the Vikings, Life in Pre-historic Ireland, Hunting for Animals
(ii) Guided tours and focused handling sessions: Covering specific subject areas such as ceramics, silver, pre-history and medieval artefacts
(iii) Time Machine Travel in Time: Children travel in time and witness through an interactive video presentation the changing lifestyles of people from the Stone Age up to the present. They then recreate a scene from the Bronze Age with the use of reproduction artefacts and costumes
(iv) Bronze Age workshop: An introduction to the Bronze Age, a tour of Bronze Age Artefacts and a handling session in which participants may actually feel and examine pieces from the Bronze Age with the use of reproduction artefacts and costumes
(v) Portrait workshop: This exciting new workshop entails a short interactive discussion on the Museum’s portraits and a do-it-yourself portrait session. Each participant is provided with a mirror, paper and a selection of pastels
(vi) Costume workshop: Participants have the opportunity to dress up in reproduction costumes from the 1200s to the 1920s and to learn about the societies in which the particular costumes were worn
(vii) “Drawing in the Galleries” and art workshops: Children produce new creations inspired by what they see. Great fun ensues as others in the group then try to guess the origin of the new creation. For further information contact Ruth Carroll: Tel 061-312 833
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