Dr Hugh Maguire
Hugh is a Private Consultant in the Museum and Heritage Sector. A graduate of Trinity College Dublin and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, he lectured throughout the 1990s in the Crawford School of Art, Cork, the University of Otago and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. In this same period, he organised a range of international conferences and delivered papers across New Zealand and Australia. As Museums & Archives Officer with the Heritage Council he delivered the Council’s Museum Standards Programme for Ireland and in the same period liaised actively with the Irish conservation sector.
Hugh acted as Director of the Hunt Museum Limerick between 2009 and 2016 and brought the Museum through its first accreditation process. In this same role he was conscious of the ongoing challenges posed in preserving buildings and collections of significance. A former member of the International Jury for the Europa Nostra Conservation Awards he has also been proactive member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), Chairing the Irish National Committee as well as ICOM’s recently established International Working Group on National Committees. Hugh is Advisor to the Pope Grotto Preservation Trust, Twickenham.
Hugh joined the Committee as an ICOM representative in 2020.