A call for the development of a local museum in every county in Ireland.
The Tuam museum was established by local people at a cost of £12,000 in a former 18th century mill. The committee which runs the Tuam museum is calling on the government to establish a local museum service in every county.
Secretary of the Tuam Museum Committee Dr John A Claffey highlights the need for this kind of service. He points to a growth in local museums throughout the country in recent years. However, he describes this growth as haphazard and wants it to be rationalised into a nationwide plan on a county by county basis. Dr John A Claffey says that local museums play a role in education, promoting tourism and the development of traditional crafts.
You could have a museum in every town and village in the country.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 10 April 1975. The reporters are Dermot Mullane and Jim Fahy.
