Hands holding a phone in landscape playing The Three Muses

The Three Muses

This project is brought to you by The Three Muses, a joint education initiative between The Hunt Museum, Limerick Museum and Limerick City Gallery of Art. The Three Muses is supported by Limerick City and County Council and Friends of the Hunt Museum.

Curricular Links:

  • History
  • Visual Art

Truffles | Clay through the Ages Game

Help Truffles, the treasure hunting piggy, on a journey through Limerick City! Each level you complete will unlock a ceramic treasure from one of the Three Muses: The Hunt Museum, Limerick Museum and Limerick City Gallery of Art!

The layout of the old city of Limerick that Truffles navigates through is inspired by an illustration of Limerick from 1578 in the Limerick Museum Collection.

The colour palette for Truffles and the city was taken from a selection of watercolour paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Limerick City Gallery of Art.

Truffles our main character is inspired by Limerick’s ‘Pigtown’ food heritage.

The patrolling diver ‘guards’ are inspired by the diving suit in the Limerick Museum Collection.

The sweets that Truffles collects on her way to find the keys are inspired by the shapes of sweet moulds from Limerick sweet production, also on display in the Limerick Museum.

Look closely and you will see King John’s Castle, the river Shannon, the windmill from Windmill Street, and St. Mary’s cathedral. Look ever closer and you will see a Pike splashing in the Shannon. There are a number of stuffed fish in the Limerick Museum.

If you play the game with the sound on you will hear Truffles speaking, she speaks in Limerick slang! What can you hear her say?

Listen carefully – do you hear the Bells of St. Mary’s  Cathedral?

The objects and artefacts being hunted by Truffles are:

Tree of Life by Tiburcio Soteno from the Limerick City Gallery of Art Permanent Collection.

Play Truffles Online Game Now

To play, use Arrow keys, WASD, or D-Pad depending on your device.

Please click here to open game full page and to install on mobile or tablet.

How to install Truffles: Clay Through The Ages on your Mobile or Tablet:

  1. Use the link “click here,” to open the game on full page
  2. In your browser press the “Options menu”
  3. On Chrome browser click, “Add to Home screen.” If you’re using Firefox browser, press “Install.”
  4. Go back to your “Home Screen,” press on the piggy icon and play!

How to install Truffles: if you're using an iPhone or iPad:

  1. Use the link “click here,” to open the game on full page
  2. In your browser press the “Share option”
  3. Then choose the option, “Add to Home screen”
  4. Go back to your “Home Screen,” press on the piggy icon and play!

Play the Three Muses


Three Muses game title

Play The Three Muses! Discover the art collections of three museums in Limerick City with this interactive game. Put your memory to the test with Limerick lace, create a colourful fruit poster, paint a Paul Henry skyline, or try your knowledge with a quiz!

There is also a three muses activity pack available.

Learn more about The Three Muses Programme:

Click the links to find out more:

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