EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum: Dive into Irish History and Celebrate Global Irishness
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1,302 Ratings
Dublin

Dive into Irish history and celebrate global Irishness at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Discover the impact of Irish emigration on the world through interactive exhibits and immersive storytelling. Winner of Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction three years in a row!

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum - Through 20 state-of-the-art galleries, visitors immerse themselves in the stories of some of the most remarkable tales of sacrifice, endurance, adventure, and discovery the world has ever known.
What's Included
  • Downloadable audio guide app for both iPhone and Android, available in nine languages
  • Complimentary souvenir passport to remember your EPIC journey
What's Not Included
  • Entry to the Irish Family History Centre is not included with standard admission to EPIC.
  • Can’t download our app? Audio guide devices in nine languages are available for an additional €2.
Additional Information

Break free from clichés and witness Ireland from a unique perspective by visiting EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum! This museum has been crowned as Europe’s foremost Tourist Attraction for three consecutive years (2019, 2020, and 2021) at the World Travel Awards.

Experience an interactive exploration at EPIC where you uncover the significant global influence made by this small island. Delve into the worldwide celebration of Irish heritage by traveling through the annals of Irish past and culture, narrated from the viewpoints of its natives.

Your adventure initiates as you collect a stamped passport upon entering the exhibit, leading you through 20 distinct gallery themes. Here, you’ll learn the reasons behind the diaspora, witness their global contributions, and sense the present-day ties between their descendants and Ireland. Dive deep into some of the world’s most astonishing narratives of fortitude, survival, exploration, and revelation. EPIC magnificently animates these extraordinary tales in a distinctive & awe-inspiring manner.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Infants age 5 and under are admitted for free
Location
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Custom House Quay, The Chq Building
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Tc5034
Aug 29, 2024
Highly Recommend!!! - We went to EPIC at the end of July 2024 and loved it. My 3 kids (15, 13, and 10) all enjoyed walking through the museum. They gave us passports that you were able to stamp as you went through the 20+ different rooms they have that explore what Irish immigrants went through. I would highly recommend this, especially for those whose parents or grand parents emigrated.
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Bobboze
Aug 29, 2024
A wonderful way to learn about the extensice history of the irish - We did a self guided walking tour through the Irish Emmigration Museum. The history of Irish who have emmigrated throughout the world is fastinating and their accomplishments span everything from writing to inventions. Leave plenty of time, several hours, to wander through the exhibits as they cover a lot. Overall, the museum was extensive and the history it covered very detailed. A great way to spend a day and learn all about the Irish people.
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Sarahb13
Aug 29, 2024
Informative and interactive without being boring! - Really interesting and excellently done! Very interactive. Love the passport idea that you stamp in different rooms. Very informative without being boring or long winded! Highly recommend!
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Radustefan2024
Aug 26, 2024
A must see objective in the heart of Dublin - Very interesting museum, and a lot of surprises regarding the Irish History, presented with specific irish pride by the museum:-). The emigration brings, in fact a lot of good facts for Irlanda, after the emigrants could give back to the home contry what they have learnd and earned abroad. And those facts are presented amazing în the museum. Don't forget to take your visit passport at the entrance.
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Henry_l
Aug 22, 2024
The Irish Potato Famine - The Famine stories and the visit to the Jeanie Johnston was most appropriate. I was chairman of the Jeane Joihnston construction project and familiar with the story but was most impressed by how that most unfortunate period in Irish history was was depicted in EPIC
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Meliaalba
Aug 26, 2024
Worth a visit. Learnt a lot. - Well done museum. The passport system is creative and kept us engaged. The various topics were mostly well produced except for the last one called “connection”. It was pointless.
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Mary_a
Aug 26, 2024
I like the computer... - I like the computer search for my ancestors. Maybe get another because the line was a little long. Otherwise I enjoyed learning about the Irish diaspora.
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Karl_w
Aug 26, 2024
Excellent. Very informative and moving. - Excellent. Very informative and moving. I particularly enjoyed the way they personalized various stories through time.
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Evelyn_p
Aug 24, 2024
Surprised - We were surprised to see a focus on specific emigrants rather than a sequential chronological history of conditions that led to different emigration surges… I was also surprised to learn that the genealogy appointments required pre-booking and cost what they did..
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Jerome
Aug 25, 2024
No - Totally interesting visit. Succession of totally empty rooms, if not sometimes three tinkerings hung here and there on the ceiling. The “museum” is not one of them, the visit being limited to viewing screens on a particular theme (food, English laws, singers, Nobel Award, etc.) You might as well put it online or watch it on your phone. Poorly informative, the themes being barely touched not even in depth on some points (exposing 3 seconds of a life of a guy who died 400 years ago is of no interest). If the new scenography of modern museums is limited to the viewing of screens, while we go on holiday to get away from our daily lives, all this is very sad...
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