First Museum News Letter Out This Week:

This week sees the issue of our first News Letter. This booklet will be sent out to museum members 3 times a year and will help to keep them in touch with events and happenings within the museum. A calender of events will be printed in each issue therefore members will be aware of all important dates.

In this issue we have included the events for the first 4 months of 2010 and also  

The Museums Plan for 2010.

• Launch our revamped website
• Improve and expand our schools programme
• Introduce information packs for schools
• Commence using twitter, facebook and Web 2.0 technologies to promote the museum.
• Translate the contents we have into other languages
• Install conservation standard lighting within the museum
• Initiate a purchases fund for historic objects we wish to buy
• Contribute to the Museum and Web-International Conference 
• Expand our handling object area
• Mount 2 temporary exhibitions in Spring and Autumn
• Participate in European Nights of the Museum (May)
• Participate in Heritage Week (August)
• Participate in Féile na nDéise (April)
• Participate in Waterford Festival of Food (April)
• Continue with the ongoing survey of visitors in a bid to improve our service to visitors
  

 We welcome feedback from our members and the public and any comments will be taken on board.