Entangled Histories: How the Irish collected the World

This book seeks to highlight some of the difficult imperial histories and legacies embedded in the Ethnographic Collection of the National Museum of Ireland and enable dialogue with source communities as well as Irish audiences. Ethnographic material acquired as part of the British Empire, represents the duality of Irish participation with the structure and practices of Empire and Ireland’s own experience as Britain’s oldest colony.

From the late 18th to the early 20th century, Irish explore...