Minister O’Donovan approves funding of over €190,000 for Regional Museum Exhibition Scheme 2025
- Published on: 18 July 2025
- Last updated on: 18 July 2025
The Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD has today announced a series of small grants for local and regional museums around the country. Total funding of €192,193 is being made available under the Regional Museum Exhibitions Scheme 2025.
Projects funded under this scheme seek to enhance the cultural offering of museums, to encourage greater access to museums and to promote the use of museums as tourism resources in their locality or region.
Seventeen projects are benefitting from the scheme and the allocations will fund some very interesting and innovative exhibitions including the 90th Anniversary of the Irish Met Service at Foynes; separate exhibitions on the Limerick Ladies Football Club and Richard Harris in Limerick; Medieval manuscripts in Marsh's Library Dublin and a Georgian Tea Room experience in Strokestown House in Roscommon.
Speaking today Minister O’Donovan said:
It gives me great pleasure to announce this funding of over €190,000 for our local and regional museums. My Department’s commitment to supporting projects under this scheme has allowed cultural bodies to enhance their exhibitions and to improve the cultural offering to the communities they serve.
These institutions are an extremely important resource for accessing culture and heritage in towns and villages across the country and contribute to a sense of place and community. Our local and regional museums collect, preserve and hold a great diversity of objects and materials of religious, cultural and historical value, providing a source of entertainment and wonder for visitors. These museums help to preserve and promote our cultural heritage and I send my best wishes for their continued success.
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Notes to Editor:
2025 Allocations Breakdown
