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Living History Events for Heritage Week '09
(Saturday 22 August - Sunday 30 August 2009)As part of Heritage Week 2009, Kerry County Museum is hosting a number of exciting living history events for the community. In addition to our Summer Family Fun (children go free and adults are €5 only), there are also free guided tours of the Medieval Experience for adults and families every day. Guided tours are followed by a sampling of medieval food in Cafe Essence at the Museum. Chefs Daniel and Richard will also offer an alternative medieval menu for the duration of Heritage Week. Food, cooking and table manners will also be the subject of an early evening Talk and Food Tasting Event at Cafe Essence on Saturday 29 August at 5pm. Please note that prior booking is essential for all events as places are strictly limited.
PROGRAMME OF LIVING HISTORY EVENTS:
Saints & Sinners: LIFE IN MEDIEVAL TRALEE
Guided tours for adults: DAILY AT 11.30AM
Pigs, poverty and pestilence... but there was fun too! Explore life and death in medieval Tralee and find out why the Fitzgeralds who founded the town in 1216 also ordered Tralee to be completely destroyed in the 1580s. Guided tours last for about 45 minutes up to one hour. Following the tour we would like to invite you to sample some authentic medieval cuisine in Cafe Essence at the Museum. Booking essential
HORRIBLE HISTORY: LIFE IN MEDIEVAL TRALEE
Guided tours for families: DAILY AT 3PM
UUURG! PHEWW! YUCK! What's that smell? Travel back in time more than 500 years to find out what life was really like in medieval Tralee. Did children have to go to school? Did they have games and toys to play with? Did they have only horrible food? Actually, why don't you find out for yourself? Following our tour of Geraldine Tralee we would like to see if you dare to try some medieval food in Cafe Essence at the Museum. Booking essential
FANCY A PIGEON PIE? FOOD IN MEDIEVAL IRELAND
Talk and Food Tasting: SATURDAY 29 AUGUST AT 5PM
Sorry, no spuds! And no tea, coffee or chocolate either... What did people eat in the past and how do we know about it? This talk will explore the subjects of medieval food, the "dos and don'ts" at the dinner table and what medieval bones can tell us about the diet of the rich and the poor. The talk will take place in Cafe Essence at the Museum. Chefs Daniel and Richard will prepare an alternative medieval menu and they might even let you in on their recipes for pigeon pie and other curious culinary highlights of the Middle Ages. Booking essential
How to book your Heritage Week Event at KCM:
Contacts: Claudia Kohler and Eoin Quilter
Email: education@kerrymuseum.ie
Telephone: 066-7127777
Heritage Week has something for everybody and there are over one thousand events taking place nationally, many of which are free. For full event listings see www.heritageweek.ie or pick up a Heritage Week brochure at your local library or tourist office. Heritage Week is part of European Heritage Days, a joint initiative of the Council of Europe and the European Union. In Ireland, Heritage Week is co-ordinated by the Heritage Council in conjunction with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government with support from the Office of Public Works and Fáilte Ireland.
Sunday August 24 & 31, 2008Heritage Week 2008: Two free admission days!
(Heritage Week, August 24 - September 1)KCM are offering free admission for the two Sundays of Heritage Week, which this year takes place from Sunday August 24 to Monday September 1. We are also planning a range of fun activities for the week which have yet to be finalised so check back regularly for updates.
Easter Saturday March 22, 2008Free admission day!
(Samhlaíocht Easter Arts Festival, March 22-24)Once again KCM is delighted to partake in Tralee’s annual arts festival by throwing open its doors, free of charge, to the public. This is the perfect opportunity for you to re-acquaint yourself with 7,000 years of Kerry history while also giving you a chance to form your own opinion of our latest and some what controversial exhibition, William Melville - Spymaster. No need to pre-book, just pop in on the the day.
