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| Fair plé do TG4! The crew of Nuacht TG4 were in yesterday to film some footage of John Ford's Director's Chair, used on the set of the Quiet Man. The chair has been kindly loaned to us by John Morris, son of Lord Killanin who was a friend of Ford's and worked on the film as locations manager. |
After months of preparation we've finally made public our intention to revamp the Museum from ground floor up, with exhibitions that include: a brand new look at the Pádraic Ó Conaire statue, Dance Hall Days in Salthill, Cinema in Galway, Maritime Galway, a major exhibition of paintings by Charles Lamb and of course one of the largest loans from the National Museum of Ireland to a regional museum (a loan that includes prehistoric and medieval artefacts, all relating to Galway). All this means that we are going to have to close the doors of the Museum for a period of six weeks or so while the redevelopment is underway, but we are confident that the public will love the result. For the staff the work from now until June will be hyper intensive, but hugely enjoyable (we hope!) and will definitely result in some wonderful new exhibitions. The public announcement started with quite a bit of national publicity, thanks to John Morris' generous loan of a true Hollywood coup for the Museum - a Director's Chair from the set of the John Wayne movie, The Quiet Man. This chair belonged to a real directorial legend, the Steven Spielberg of his generation, John Ford. The chair was gifted to John Morris's father, Lord Killanin, who worked as Location's Manager for The Quiet Man and was a good friend of Ford's.
