EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
On Gingerguide's self-guided Dublin audio tour, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is a stop worth about ~90 min. Stand in front of it, press play for a short narrated story, and put any follow-up question to the built-in AI guide.
- Type museum
- Suggested visit ~90 min
- Dublin Dublin guide
About EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
An interactive museum in the historic CHQ Building telling the story of 10 million Irish emigrants and their lasting impact on cultures around the world.
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in the beautiful 19th-century CHQ building in Dublin's Docklands, is one of the most innovative and emotionally resonant museums in Ireland. Its subject is one of the defining stories of Irish history: the great emigration, by which approximately 10 million Irish people left their homeland over two centuries, driven by famine, poverty, religious persecution, and political upheaval.
The Irish diaspora is one of the largest in the world, an estimated 70 million people worldwide claim Irish heritage, compared to a population of just 5 million on the island of Ireland today. EPIC traces the journeys of those emigrants and their descendants, and explores the extraordinary contributions they have made to politics, arts, science, sport, and culture in their adopted countries.
The museum is housed in the CHQ vaults, a remarkable Victorian brick-vaulted warehouse originally built to store colonial goods. Voted Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction in 2019 and 2020, EPIC presents 20 galleries of immersive, interactive content that bring individual emigrant stories to life.
Did you know? An estimated 70 million people worldwide claim Irish ancestry, 14 times the current population of the island of Ireland.
How much time do you need at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum?
Around ~90 min works well for EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum — time to look properly and listen to its story on the spot. Linger if you like; nothing on a self-guided walk is on a clock.
Should you stop at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum?
Yes — EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum made the cut as one of 42 places the Gingerguide team researched and narrated across Dublin. The story tells you why it is worth the stop, and the AI guide fills in anything you still wonder.
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