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Limerick Museum, previously known as the Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum, is a city museum in Limerick, Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Limerick City Museum Online Catalogue )〕 ==Foundation== The Limerick museum was founded in 1906 and housed in the building which is now the city art gallery. The location of the museum has changed many times throughout the last century, moving from Pery Square to John Square, to Castle Lane and now Civic Buildings, Merchant's Quay. The museum is now located in City Hall next to the Courthouse and St Mary's Cathedral, Limerick. The museum is run by Limerick City Council. It is fully accessible to all. Entry to the museum is free. Limerick museum received national recognition as a museum under the Cultural Institution Act 1997, which allowed it to become a designated museums of the collection of archaeological material. Larry Walsh was curator of the museum from 1977 until 2012. 〔Spellissy, Sean 'The History of Limerick', Limerick 1993. ISBN 0953468313 〕 It houses thousands of items relating to the history of Limerick from the Stone Age to the present day. The exhibitions in the museum are rotated often to display these thousands of items by topic. In the Retrospective Exhibition the Charter of the City signed by King Charles II of England, a sword given to the city by Queen Elizabeth I of England as well as many other interesting items relating to civic life in the city were on display. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Limerick City Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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