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Attraction · Dublin, Ireland
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A fully digital museum in the vaults of the CHQ Building on Custom House Quay, telling the story of Irish emigration across twenty themed galleries, with an on-site genealogy service.
Because the Irish diaspora is one of the defining facts about the country and there is no artefact that can carry it. This is the place that takes the subject seriously rather than reducing it to famine and sentiment.
It makes a shapeless subject legible, and the genealogy service turns an abstract story into a personal one for anyone with Irish ancestry. Online booking is 2 euros cheaper, and teenage and child rates are genuinely reduced rather than token.
No collection and no objects, which is a real mismatch for some visitors at 22 euros. Dublin has free national museums a short walk away, which sharpens the comparison. The screens mean the experience is paced by the equipment rather than by you.
Anyone with Irish ancestry, particularly visitors from the United States, Canada or Australia; families with teenagers; and travellers interested in migration history generally.
You want to look at objects, in which case the National Museum of Ireland is free and a few minutes away. Skip it too if you are on a tight budget in what is already an expensive city.
Book online, which is 2 euros cheaper per adult than paying at the door. If you have Irish ancestry, allow extra time for the genealogy service rather than treating it as an add-on. The CHQ building has food and is a reasonable place to start or end a day on the docks.
Adults aged 18 to 64 pay 22.00 euros online or 24.00 on the day. Teenagers aged 13 to 17 pay 15.00 online or 16.00 on the day, with lower rates for children aged 6 to 12.
The Luas red line stops at George's Dock, a minute away. It is about a fifteen-minute walk from O'Connell Bridge along the north quays.
Custom House Quay in the Docklands, east of the city centre on the north bank of the Liffey, in a redeveloped commercial district. The Jeanie Johnston famine ship replica and the Famine Memorial are both a short walk along the river.
Ninety minutes to two hours for the twenty galleries. Longer if you use the genealogy service.
The museum is step-free throughout with lift access to the vault galleries, and publishes accessibility information for visitors.
A good museum doing a hard job, provided you know before you book that there is nothing in a case. Book online for the cheaper rate, and if you have Irish ancestry the genealogy service is what will make it worth 22 euros.
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EPIC charges 22.00 euros for an adult aged 18 to 64 booking online and 24.00 on the day, with teenagers aged 13 to 17 at 15.00 online and 16.00 on the day. The thing to understand before buying is that EPIC has no collection. It is a fully digital museum in the vaults of the CHQ building, telling the story of Irish emigration through twenty rooms of screens, projections and interactive galleries. There are no…
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