Displaying Art & Industry - 1860s’ RDS Exhibitions

Episode from the Library Speaker Series

Dr Orla Fitzpatrick is the winner of the Royal Dublin Society Library & Archives Research Bursary 2021. Dr Orla Fitzpatrick is an academic, educator, researcher and writer who has published and presented internationally in the area of photographic history, design and material culture. She is also a museum professional and a librarian.

In this recording Dr Fitzpatrick presents her research about the relationship between the Royal Dublin Society and the National Museum of Ireland through the selection, display and reception of manufactured items for the Society’s exhibitions of the 19th century and their subsequent entry into the collections of the National Museum of Ireland.

The findings of the research add to understanding of the history of collections in Ireland and contribute to knowledge of Irish consumer behaviour, art education and exhibition culture and display during an exciting period of modernisation.