Tipperary Museum of Hidden History

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Tipperary Museum of Hidden History
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Location within Ireland
Established1940s (Clonmel museum)
2000 (current building)
2018 (in current format with current name)
Location Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland
Coordinates 52°21′20″N7°41′55″W / 52.35547°N 7.698749°W / 52.35547; -7.698749
Type local history museum
AccreditationMuseum Standards Programme for Ireland
Collection size25,000 objects
CuratorMarie McMahon [1]
Owner Tipperary County Council
Public transit access Clonmel railway station
Clonmel M&S Davis Road bus stop (route 717)
Nearest car parkon-site
Website hiddenhistory.ie

The Tipperary Museum of Hidden History is a local history museum in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. [2] It is designated as museum by the National Museum of Ireland and has full accreditation in the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI). [3]

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History

A museum for Clonmel was founded in the 1940s. [4] It opened on new premises on Mick Delahunty Square in 2000, and was renamed the South Tipperary County Museum soon after. [5] It was relaunched as the "Tipperary Museum of Hidden History" in October 2019 after a €500,000 upgrade. [6]

The museum was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic; it marked its reopening in 2021 with a CD of lost Mick Delahunty music from 1948. [7] [8] In the same year, it received €15,000 in funding for the "Hidden Gems" exhibition. [9]

Collection

The museum holds items and documents from the history of Clonmel and County Tipperary. [10] Notable items include:

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