Friends Benefits
Friends get more. More inspiration, more art, more Hunt Museum.
Become a Friend of the Hunt Museum and join a community of people whose passion for history, art and culture helps to support our unique museum.
Membership Benefits:
• Unlimited free access to the museum for you & a guest
• Invitations to exhibition previews
• Special exhibition-themed events for the Friends
• Cultural tours & guided visits to other museums, galleries, castles, stately homes & gardens, cathedrals and concert halls.
• Lectures & learning: regular lunchtime lectures, Silver Circle, Book Club
• Quarterly newsletter to keep up to date
Special Discounts:
• 10% discount in the Gift Shop
• 10% discount when purchasing artwork for sale at Museum
• Special Friends rates for events, workshops and gala events
Friends Upcoming Events
4th May: Plant and Cake Sale.
7th May: Lunchtime lecture with Martin Breen “Castles and Towerhouses – Monuments in our Countryside”.
29th May: Annual luncheon at the Dunraven Arms Hotel, Adare
12th June: Trip to Birr Castle and Gloster House.
25th June: Lunchtime lecture with Mary Cahill.
Please note the timetable is liable to change, interested parties should regularly check in for updates.
Would you like to be involved? Contact us at friends@huntmuseum.com.
Past Events
14th June: Care and handling of Irish 17th century silver (see images below)
7th September: Tour of Plassey House art collection (see images below)
12th September: Lecture with John Logan “The Custom House: building, living, working, 1765-2023”
14th September: Visit to Doneraile Estate (see images below)
18th October: Silver Circle- discussion of Cork silver from the Republican era.
19th October: Visit to Mount Ievers Court
14th November: Lecture with Dr. Marie Bourke – “Charles Lamb (1893-1964) RHA RUA, Painting the West of Ireland.”
22nd November: Table Quiz at the Locke Bar.
29th November: Book Club meeting
12th December: Christmas lunch and raffle
12th December: Lecture with David McBurnie- “Christmas Journeys”.
13th December: Book Club meeting
15th December: Joint event with the Irish Chamber Orchestra (pre-concert reception).
10th January: Silver Circle talk- “The Buck family of Silversmiths and Portrait Painters”
13th February: Lecture with John Sheehan (UCC)- “Skellig Michael: Stairway to Heaven.”
14th February: Silver Circle talk- “Robert Calderwood, 18th century silversmith.”
21st March: Visit to Clare Museum and Ennis Friary
Past Events
Annual Luncheon 2023
On the 8th of June 2023, we welcomed the Friends of the Hunt Museum and their guests to the Annual Luncheon at the Dunraven Arms Hotel in Adare. We were honoured to have Virginia Teehan, Chief Executive of Heritage Ireland and former Director of the Hunt Museum, as our guest speaker.
The Education and Outreach curator of the Hunt Museum, Maria Cagney, pulled raffle tickets for an array of wonderful prizes including lunch for two at the Dunraven Arms, a gift voucher for Hugh Campbell’s Cats Hair Studio and a beautiful set of silver spoons.
Our M.C Sarah Gough and Chair Anne Hyland welcomed everyone to enjoy their three-course lunch. The whole event helped to fundraise for the refurbishment of displays in the Hunt Museum, in particular, the Sybil Connolly collection.
How your membership helps & supports
Your membership has directly supported such projects as The Three Muses, a joint educational programme for primary schools with Limerick Museum and Limerick City Gallery (see images below). It has also assisted a close fundraising relationship with Limerick Mental Health Association (LMHA), particularly in relation to the ongoing project to create a Hunt Museum in a Garden with their support.
Your membership allows us to continue to operate the museum, to produce online resources for schools and lifelong learners and prepare for a summer of activities.
Membership Options
Friends Memberships can be purchased at the Hunt Museum Gift Shop or by clicking here.