6/29/2013

Full Accreditation Status

Press Statement

Drogheda Museum Millmount is the first volunteer-run museum in Ireland to be awarded Full Accreditation Status under the Museum Standards Programme Ireland (MSPI) which is conducted by the Heritage Council of Ireland.


Sean Rainbird, Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, who made the awards, Betty Quinn, Curator, Drogheda Museum Millmount, Richie Culhane, 414th Mayor of Drogheda, Michael Starrett, Director, Heritage Council of Ireland.   
Pictured at the awards ceremony at the Irish Architectural Archive in Dublin are, front:- Richie Culhane, Mayor of Drogheda, Betty Quinn, Curator Drogheda Museum and Mary T. Daly, Drogheda Borough Council; back - Jim McArdle, Accreditation Officer, Drogheda Museum, Seán Corcoran, Chairperson
Old Drogheda Society and Brendan Matthews, Community Historian Drogheda Museum.






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