Building relationship with local communities, promoting action on biodiversity and promoting public history will be central to the National Museum of Ireland's work over the next five years.
The NMI launched its five-year strategy today which it says will focus on three key areas of community, planet and shared knowledge.
Speaking at the launch of the strategy at the NMI - Country Life in Mayo, outgoing chair of the NMI Catherine Heaney said that the National Museum is the guardian of Ireland's cultural heritage and identity, preserving the country's unique stories at home and abroad. She said a museum should not be a passive place, but should take risks and produce work that challenges way of seeing the past and examines how the past is impacting on the future.
5-year strategic plan will focus on 3 key lenses of #community #planet & #sharedknowledge to strengthen public engagement & nurture relationships with local community groups.
— National Museum of Ireland (@NMIreland) July 6, 2023
The strategy focuses on the Museum's role in shaping the future, by considering lessons from the past. pic.twitter.com/64Iay3xGSd
Director of the NMI Lynn Scarff said the strategy aims to provide greater accessibility to the museum's collections and strengthen the audience's engagement with Ireland's cultural heritage.
She said the museum is also embarking on major capital projects that will revitalise its sites, including a 20th century 'History of Ireland' suite at Collins Barracks and the refurbishment of NMI Natural History on Merrion Street in Dublin which she said will improve the visitor experience.
The NMI's Strategic Plan for 2023-2028 was developed through a series of workshops and engagement with the NMI Board, NMI Staff and a wider stakeholder group across the public and private sectors.
A complete version of the National Museum of Ireland Strategic Plan 2023-2028 can be found here.
