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    ANTIQUE ROADSHOW AT HUNT MUSEUM FUNDRAISER

    Thursday, June 23rd, 2022

    There will be an antiques roadshow at the Hunt Museum in Limerick from noon to 4 pm on Sunday June 26. Experts on hands will cover all areas from books, coins, general ephemera, glass, ceramics, silver, pictures and textiles. The Friends of the Hunt Museum, who have organised the event to raise funds for upgrading and refurbishing a number of showcases at the museum, have advised people who would like to have a furniture valuation to bring a good photograph rather than the piece. There will be a panel of experts from the Irish Antique Dealers Association and auctioneers Fonsie Mealy and George Mealy in attendance.

    ONE MORE WEEK OF BLODAU AT THE HUNT MUSEUM

    Saturday, January 6th, 2018

    Havana by Dietrich Blodau

    Dietrich Blodau, A Life of Observation runs for just one more week at the Hunt Museum in Limerick.

    The show, which marks the 80th birthday of the artist, records the contribution he has made over four decades to the arts in Ireland. He came to the Limerick College of Art  in 1970.  The show includes paintings, illustrations, prints and posters.  It runs until Sunday, January 14.

    FIRST WORLD WAR RECRUITMENT POSTERS AT THE HUNT

    Sunday, February 7th, 2016
    Answer the Call is the title of an exhibition of powerful First World War recruitment posters at the Hunt Museum in Limerick until March 11. On loan from the National Museums of Northern Ireland these posters illustrate various aspects of the drive for recruitment between 1914-1918.  In the year of the centenary of The Rising this is a particularly timely show which is well worth going to see.hunt 3hunt 2hunt poster