New Premises
Requirements
Between 500 and 900 sq feet of floor space (plan below = 594 sq ft)
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in or near a recognised Irish Culture & Heritage site
Floor space must on the ground floor
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wheelchair access required
A regular floor space shape (footprint) is preferred
A small workshop space is required (Hand Crafts + Mounting & Framing)
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for mounting and framing prints
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for manufacturing coin cufflinks
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for sorting, grading and assembling coin sets
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for assembling framed Irish memorabilia (coins, banknotes, etc.)
A small sales counter is required (Crafts & Museum Shop)
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for the collectable inventory
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coins, tokens and banknotes
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stamps, postal history and first day covers
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military medals, badges, buttons
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miscellaneous small Irish collectables
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A large gallery space is required (Irish Heritage Print Gallery)
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for the Irish Heritage Print Gallery
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50 'county' display sections (small + medium 'mounted' prints)
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30 'thematic' display sections
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A small central museum space is required (Rotating Monthly Exhibits)
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for regular county / themed exhibits
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For example
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30 images of South Co Dublin in the early 1900's
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30 images of 'diaspora postcards' to/from Dublin during this period
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a glass display case with orginal postcards from the time
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We are quite flexible in terms of floorplan and inventory/gallery display layout
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The schematic below is not drawn to scale
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It merely illustrates how the prospective museum shop, craft workshop / and gallery spaces can co-exist within one larger (original) space
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all display units will be floor standing
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no damage will be done to 'heritage building' infrastructure during the shop-fitting stage
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The Heritage Print Gallery and Diaspora Postcard Museum
take up 86% of the space, i.e. it is a tactile experience
The retail and craft workshop space accounts for
only 14% of the space in this 'sample' floor plan
Most prints are displayed in 'mounted' format only
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these can be framed while you wait
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these are all ready for sale,
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i.e. mounted, backed and in clear pouches
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Regular county or Irish 'themed' exhibits will be framed
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these are all ready for sale / order
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extra copies will be available during exhibitions
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i.e. JIT manufacturing (on-site) in workshop space
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