1916 heirlooms sought for exhibit

A digital project to document family heirlooms from the period of the Easter Rising will give people a chance to include their family artifacts and treasures in an exhibition celebrating life for ordinary people of the time.

Family heirlooms from the start of the 20th century, up to and including the year of the Easter Rising, can be registered online and brought to Crawford Art Gallery in Cork on an open day on November 21, where they will be photographed and added to an online digital exhibition called ‘The People’s Exhibition’.

The objects must be able to be precisely dated to 1900-16 and can include diaries, letters, clothing, posters, medals, and other artefacts.