Career summary

							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.