Living history

From art, to history, to social history and architecture: now that the recession is over, Ireland is seeing a boom in the planning and opening of museums of all kinds. But they’re more than just repositories of old things, as Sarah Taaffe-Maguire discovers

The Michael Collins House Museum in Clonakilty, Co Cork

January and early February is lull-time for many. Not so for the staff members of Explorium, the National Sport and Science Centre. Ireland’s newest museum ...