Museums? Somewhere that sells larger ladies shoes?

Freiheit

Hi thinking of heading up for the day from Cork. Could anyone direct me to the above?. Go raibh maith agat I

thesandeman

Shoes I can't help you with, but the museum is by the Spanish Arch near Jury's Hotel.

Mrs OBumble

Several specialist museums in NUIG - some listed in here: http://www.galwaycafeguide.com/p/things-to-do-in-galway-city.html

Not sure of their opening hours though.

ben.schlomo

The museum doesnt open on Mondays.

Dutchess

There is a shop in the Galway Shopping Centre (where Tesco is) that sells ladies shoes in size 10. Think Evan's might have some as well.
Overall Galway is pretty bad for tall women.

Freiheit

What sort of a museum doesn't open Mondays???.....

Citizenpain

I guess Most muesems are open weekends as its when they get the most footfall

They prob still need a day for cleaning etc and Monday is prob the quitest

Mrs OBumble

Freiheit wrote: »

What sort of a museum doesn't open Mondays???.....

Internationally speaking, quite a lot of them - take a look at this list from Paris (top of my Google list): http://en.parisinfo.com/what-to-see-in-paris/info/guides/weekly-closing-days-of-cultural-sites-in-Paris

They're a bit like hairdressers, the staff need days off each week, and in a smaller shop a 7-day operation is sometimes just too hard to cover.

Freiheit

I work in a museum myself and there is a lot of 'docents' (trained volunteers) and interns....apparently is quite common in the U.S., solves staffing shortages...

thesandeman

Citizenpain wrote: »

I guess Most muesems are open weekends as its when they get the most footfall

They prob still need a day for cleaning etc and Monday is prob the quitest

Thing is that Galway Museum doesn't/didn't open on Sundays either.

Mrs OBumble

thesandeman wrote: »

Thing is that Galway Museum doesn't/didn't open on Sundays either.

It does now, their website says summer opening hours ... & Sunday, 12pm to 5pm.


I think they got some JobBridge slaves in for that.

(Marginally acceptable use of the programme IMHO, they're displacing what should be paid workers keeping a tourist facility open on a busy day, and likely doing basic customer service rather than any professionally-relevant curatorial work).

biko

Museums closing Mondays is quite common.

Other than the city centre museums there is the horse museum www.dartfield.com, the computer museum computermuseumireland.com, Lady Gregory museum www.gortonline.com/gregorymuseum, the Military museum www.militaryheritage.ie/research/milmuseums/renmore/renmore.htm and the National Museum of Country Life www.museum.ie/en/intro/country-life.aspx

Mrs OBumble

biko wrote: »

Museums closing Mondays is quite common.

Other than the city centre museums there is the horse museum www.dartfield.com, the computer museum computermuseumireland.com, Lady Gregory museum www.gortonline.com/gregorymuseum, the Military museum www.militaryheritage.ie/research/milmuseums/renmore/renmore.htm and the National Museum of Country Life www.museum.ie/en/intro/country-life.aspx

Some of those being in the "Extended Galway Area" (ie Mayo!)

Eeden

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I think they got some JobBridge slaves in for that.

(Marginally acceptable use of the programme IMHO, they're displacing what should be paid workers keeping a tourist facility open on a busy day, and likely doing basic customer service rather than any professionally-relevant curatorial work).

I know someone who works at the Museum on Sundays who is paid (not Jobbridge).