The staff of Limerick Museum is pleased to present Ireland’s first searchable online museum catalogue. Approximately 50,000 items are listed, ranging in date from the Middle Stone Age to the present day. Computerisation has taken about 10 years, used two different software programmes and several in-putters, so we have to acknowledge that there are some differences in standard between entries. We hope that this does not detract from the usefulness of the database
Work on the catalogue is ongoing. We assume that some errors will be noticed, but hope these are few. We believe that it is better to make information publicly available sooner rather than seek absolute perfection before releasing it. The site will be updated on a regular basis, probably every quarter, and we hope that you will let us know if you spot mistakes. More pictures will be added as objects are scanned and photographed, so if there is a particular object or group of objects you wish to see let us know and we will see what we can do. In some cases, however, where persons are still alive and matters mentioned in documents are potentially sensitive, names have been deliberately omitted from scans,
With a project such as this it is difficult to anticipate the amount of feedback we will receive, but it is our intention to try and respond to all reasonable requests and observations.
The City Council and the staff of Limerick Museum wish to thank the Heritage Council for its help and encouragement in preparing this database.
