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Education
| 1967-1970 |
B.A. Honours Degree, National
University of Ireland Galway, (Archaeology & French). |
| 1970-1973 |
Post-graduate Studies in Viking
Archaeology, Galway and Dublin |
Employment History
| 2001 |
Established Aidan Walsh
Consultancy |
| 1993-2001 |
Director of Northern Ireland
Museums Council. Employer, Northern Ireland Museums Council (Department
for Culture, Arts and Leisure) |
| 1990-1993 |
Museums Development Officer for
Northern Ireland.
Employer - The Museums & Galleries Commission, London. |
| 1974-1989 |
Curator of Monaghan County
Museum, Ireland. Employer - Monaghan County Council, Ireland. |
| 1973 |
Research Assistant
(Archaeology), An Foras Forbartha (National Institute for Physical
Planning and Construction Research) Employer - AFF |
| 1970-1973 |
Tutor (part-time), Department of
Archaeology, University College Galway |
Board and Committee
Service
In January 2005, Aidan Walsh was appointed a Trustee of the Ulster Local
History Trust, which was established under the patronage of Seamus Heaney.
| 2005 |
Board Member, International
Committee for Management in Museums (INTERCOM)
(Served 2000-2004 also) |
| 2005 |
Elected 2004, Chairman of ICOM
Ireland, the Irish National Committee of the International Council of
Museums. Re-elected 2005.
(Chairman previously 1987-1989) |
| 2005 |
Member, County Monaghan Heritage
Forum |
| 1989-Now |
Member, Company of Tyrone
Guthrie Centre for Artists (Jointly funded by Arts Councils, Dublin and
Belfast) |
| 1990-2001 |
Member, UK Committee of Area
Museum Councils |
| 1998-2001 |
President, UK National Committee
of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), (a UNESCO body). |
| 1999-2001 |
Member, Reform Task Force,
International Council of Museums, Paris |
| 1999-2001 |
Member, Council of National
Cultural Institutions, Ireland |
| 1983-2000 |
Occasional lecturer in
museology, University College Dublin. |
| 1996-2000 |
Member, Historic Monuments
Council for Northern Ireland |
| 1994- 2000 |
Museums Association Council
(London), NI Regional Councillor. |
| 1997-1999 |
Member of Northern Ireland
Library and Information Services Council, Belfast |
| 1997-1998 |
Member, Review Team, Council of
Europe review of Cultural Policy of Lithuania. |
| 1997-1998 |
Member, Course Validation Panel,
Museums Training Institute, London, later renamed CHNTO, the Cultural
Heritage National training Organisation, UK). |
| 1981-1997 |
Member, Board of Visitors,
Interim Board and Caretaker Board, National Museum of Ireland. |
| 1992-1996 |
Represented Ireland at NEMO,
(Network of European Museums Associations) |
| 1990-1993 |
Vice-President for Ulster, Royal
Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |
| 1989-1990 |
Member, EU Committee for Cultural
Heritage, Brussels |
| 1987-1989 |
Chairman, Monaghan County Arts
Festival |
| 1981-1982 |
Member, Cultural Relations
Committee, Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin. |
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