CAREER OVERVIEW – AIDAN WALSH, Fellow of the Museums
Association (UK)
Education and Qualifications
1967-1970
B.A. Honours Degree, National University of Ireland Galway,
(Archaeology & French).
1970-1973
Post-graduate Studies in Viking Archaeology, Galway and Dublin
1998
Conferred as a Fellow of the UK Museums Association, (FMA)
Employment History
2001
Established Aidan Walsh Consultancy
1993-2001
Director of Northern Ireland Museums Council.
Employer, Northern Ireland Museums Council (Department for
Culture, Arts and Leisure)
1990-1993
Museums Development Officer for Northern Ireland.
Employer - The Museums & Galleries Commission, London.
1974-1989
Curator of Monaghan County Museum, Ireland. Employer Monaghan County Council, Ireland.
1973
Research Assistant (Archaeology), An Foras Forbartha (National
Institute for Physical Planning and Construction Research)
Employer - AFF
1970-1973
Tutor (part-time), Department of Archaeology, University College
Galway
Board and Committee Service
2008
Appointed as a judge by the Heritage Council for the 2009
Museum of the Year Awards
2005
Board Member, International Committee for Management in
Museums (INTERCOM)
(Served 2000-2004 also)
2005
Appointed a trustee of the Ulster Local History Trust, which was
established under the patronage of Seamus Heaney
2005
Elected 2004, Chairman of ICOM Ireland, the Irish National
Committee of the International Council of Museums. Re-elected
2005.
(Chairman previously 1987-1989)
2005-
Member, County Monaghan Heritage Forum
1989-Now
Member, Company of Tyrone Guthrie Centre for Artists (Jointly
funded by Arts Councils, Dublin and Belfast)
1990-2001
Member, UK Committee of Area Museum Councils
1998-2001
President, UK National Committee of the International Council
of Museums (ICOM), (a UNESCO body).
1999-2001
Member, Reform Task Force, International Council of Museums,
Paris
1999-2001
Member, Council of National Cultural Institutions, Ireland
1983-2000
Occasional lecturer in museology, University College Dublin.
1996-2000
Member, Historic Monuments Council for Northern Ireland
1994- 2000
Museums Association Council (London), NI Regional Councillor.
1997-1999
Member of Northern Ireland Library and Information Services
Council, Belfast
1997-1998
Member, Review Team, Council of Europe review of Cultural
Policy of Lithuania.
1997-1998
Member, Course Validation Panel, Museums Training Institute,
London, later renamed CHNTO, the Cultural Heritage National
training Organisation, UK).
1981-1997
Member, Board of Visitors, Interim Board and Caretaker Board,
National Museum of Ireland.
1992-1996
Represented Ireland at NEMO, (Network of European Museums
Associations)
1990-1993
Vice-President for Ulster, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
1989-1990
Member, EU Committee for Cultural Heritage, Brussels
1987-1989
Chairman, Monaghan County Arts Festival
1981-1982
Member, Cultural Relations Committee, Department of Foreign
Affairs, Dublin.