Archiving the 8th – Media Coverage

Press coverage of our work, and the work of our partner institutions on collecting the 8th:

ARA Archives and Social Justice – Seminar 3: Archives and Activism

Elizabeth Paton, ‘As Abortion Vote Nears, Irish Fashion Designers Choose a Side’, New York Times, 14 May 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/14/fashion/repeal-the-8th-ireland-abortion.html

Geraldine Kendall Adams, ‘Collecting Drive Gets Underway  After Irish Abortion Referendum’, UK Museums Association News, 30 May 2018. https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/30052018-collecting-underway-after-irish-referendum

Conal Thomas, ‘How Archives are Changing What They Collect, and When’, Dublin Inquirer, 6 June 2018.  https://www.dublininquirer.com/2018/06/06/how-archives-are-changing-what-they-collect-and-when

Javier Pes, ‘Ireland’s National Museum Is Collecting Protest Art Made During the Historic Abortion Referendum’, Artnet.com, 14 June 2018. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/wanted-irelands-national-museum-seeks-protest-banners-created-countrys-historic-vote-abortion-1302443

Alex Marshall, ‘Posters, Banners, Boarding Passes: Museums Try to Get a Head Start on History’, New York Times, 18 June 2018. https://nyti.ms/2HYOijd

Alex Marshall, ‘How the National Museum is capturing ‘instant history’ of abortion referendum’, Irish Times, 21 June 2018. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/how-the-national-museum-is-capturing-instant-history-of-abortion-referendum-1.3537495

Christina McSorley, ‘Etching Irish Abortion Referendum into History’, BBC News Northern Ireland, 16 July 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44821433

Deirdre Falvey, ‘What’s the National Museum of Ireland collecting? Repeal posters, bees and a wedding dress, Irish Times, 16 April 2019. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/what-s-the-national-museum-of-ireland-collecting-repeal-posters-bees-and-a-wedding-dress-1.3858447