Ms Gina O'Kelly:

I would echo what Ms Scarff mentioned in regard to museums playing an integral role in the interpretation and the re-examination of the decade of centenaries. Most of our museums have been extending very strong programmes in terms of their connectivity and interpreting this period of our history. It also ties in very much with the aims, goals and the remit of the IMA in regard to being an all-island organisation, where we would encourage our museums consistently to engage with each other in a cross-Border manner. There are a number of projects coming up over the next number of years which, throughout the decade of centenaries, has evidenced how these museums have started working more collaboratively around the decade of centenaries, and have expanded that into joint exhibitions, sharing loans and engaging in a much deeper way.

We are also one of the partners on a research programme with the University of Ulster, which is looking at EU funding, in particular PEACE funding, and at cross-Border activity within museums, which again ties in to the way we would see the examination of the decade of centenaries really contributing towards the future of museums and towards peace and reconciliation.