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Mountmellick Embroidery Museum
Mountmellick Embroidery is unique as it is the only form of white on white embroidery from the Nineteenth Century which can claim to be entirely Irish in origin and design. The materials used were being produced locally and the designs used symbolise the rich Quaker heritage of the town. The craft has a long association with the Quakers who fostered the tradition by teaching it and adapting it to their own designs. Girls in the Quaker school were instructed in the embroidery as a way to earn money for their books. Commercially, the first known sale of Mountmellick Work took place in 1847 to the Earl of Dunraven of Limerick. This was a quilt which has survived to this day and is currently on loan to the Museum. Following two successful round of funding from the Heritage Council, Mountmellick Embroidery Museum carried out large renovation works in 2020 under the guidance of Mirador Media. A new bespoke conservation cabinet was built by Mirador and installed together with brand new spot-lighting throughout the exhibition. In 2021, the Heritage Council's continued support allowed Mirador to add a new layer of interpretation throug two new digital productions - namely a holographic projection and introductary AV show. This funding of €11,350 for our Museum Conservation Project 2021 will provide two new digital productions for in-house use, on social media and our website. It will also fund site visits, consultations and reports by professional textile and paper conservators. The main focus of the museum is to conserve and exhibit original and contemporary pieces of Mountmellick Embroidery, to promote it as a living craft art form, and to protect the memory of Mountmellick's rich Quaker industrial, education and craft heritage. It's importance in social history is immense, as is the history and stories of the dynamic women who created, taught and fostered it through the ages. In 2019 it was added to The National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.