Seventeen local museums including Armagh Robinson Library and No 5 Vicars\u2019 Hill have been recognised at the Museum Accreditation Awards, which is an awards ceremony for museums whose return applications have been assessed in 2018 and who have maintained their Full Accreditation status.<\/p>\n
Tr\u00edona White Hamilton, Accreditation Adviser and Assessor at the Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC) said, \u201cWe are delighted that our local museums\u2019 commitment to governance, collections care and visitor experience has ensured their maintenance of the Accreditation Standard.\u00a0 We hope that this will enable the continued development of these museums as valued resources for both visitors and the local community. Accreditation is a national standard which gives confidence to all stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Assistant Keeper, Carol Conlin, who led the Library and No 5 to retain its museum accreditation said, \u201cThis means a great deal to the whole team. Staff and volunteers are recognised for the work that they do to care for, display and make accessible the Library\u2019s collections.\u00a0 We also thank NIMC and Tr\u00edona White Hamilton, in particular, for their support in guiding us through this process.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Awards ceremony was held recently at the Naughton Gallery at Queen\u2019s University Belfast. It was attended by the local museum sector and NIMC members. \u00a0Alison Cosgrove, Head of Museums and Libraries at Department of Communities and Sin\u00e9ad McCartan, Director of Northern Ireland Museums Council presented the museums with their Accreditation certificates on the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"