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EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Interactive museum in the vaults of the CHQ building on Dublin’s docklands, telling the story of Irish emigration through 20 galleries.

ÅbningstiderEntré 22 € Kørestolsvenlig

Billetter Hjemmeside Rute

Om museet

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum was founded by Neville Isdell, who was born in County Down, left Northern Ireland as a child and later became chairman and chief executive of Coca-Cola. He felt that the story of Irish people around the world deserved a museum. After several studies of a possible national diaspora centre in 2012 and 2013, he bought the CHQ building in 2013 and funded the museum there. An academic advisory panel researched the content, and the London design consultancy Event Communications designed the galleries. Former President Mary Robinson opened EPIC in May 2016.

The museum lies in the vaults of CHQ, built between 1817 and 1820 as a store for tobacco, tea and spirits and overlooking the River Liffey, from where many people left during the Famine. About 70 million people around the world claim Irish ancestry, and EPIC explores how emigrants shaped other countries and how emigration shaped Ireland.

Instead of showing objects in cases, EPIC is a fully interactive, self-guided museum with 20 galleries that use video, sound, touchscreens and motion-sensor quizzes. Visitors receive a passport that is stamped as they move through the galleries, and the themes include music, dance, sport, literature, science and politics. Most visitors spend around 90 minutes. The Irish Family History Centre, which offers genealogy consultations, is next to the gift shop at the exit.

Højdepunkter

20 interactive galleries on Irish emigration and the Irish around the world
Passport that is stamped on the way round
Located in the historic vaults of the CHQ building by the River Liffey
Free return visit within 10 days with a standard ticket
Irish Family History Centre for genealogy consultations

Permanent udstilling

EPIC – the Irish emigration experience – Twenty interactive galleries on the reasons for emigration, the journeys of Irish emigrants and the influence of the Irish around the world in music, sport, literature, science and politics.

Grundlagt: 2016
Ejer: EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Entrépriser & rabatter

Voksne	22 €
Nedsat pris	19 €Seniors (65+) and students
Børn og unge	11 €gratis til og med 5 år · Child ticket for ages 6 to 12; teenagers aged 13 to 17 pay €15; infants aged 0 to 5 are free.
Pensionister	19 €Aged 65 and over.
Personer med handicap	–ledsager gratis · Carers are admitted free.
Studerende og elever	19 €
Grupper (fra 20 pers.)	–Groups of 20 or more book through the sales team.
Familier	58 €2 adults and 2 children.
Teenager (13–17)	15 €
Family pass, 1 adult and 1 child	29 €
Family pass, 2 adults and 1 child	47 €
Joint ticket EPIC and Dublinia, adult	34 €

The online prices are listed here; the prices on the day are €2 higher for adults, seniors and students (adult €24, senior and student €21), €1 higher for teenagers and children (€16 and €12), and the family passes cost €31, €50 and €60. A standard ticket includes a free return visit within 10 days. Members of ICOM are admitted free with their card.

Tilgængelighed

Kørestolsvenlig
Elevator
Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
Taktile tilbud
Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The museum and the CHQ building are fully wheelchair accessible, with lifts to every level, and a courtesy wheelchair is available on request. Visitors walk about 450 metres on a single level. All films and audio-visuals are captioned, printed scripts are available in more than eight languages and there are Braille explainers for the passport. A quiet room offers a calm space, and sensory-friendly evenings with muted audio and sensory kits can be arranged on request for the first Thursday of the month. Carers are admitted free.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

Besøgets varighed	ca. 1,5 t.
Entré for børn	gratis til og med 5 år
Familiebillet	58 € · 2 adults and 2 children.

Familieomvisninger & workshops
Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
Interaktive stationer

The museum is suitable for families, with interactive exhibits and a passport that children can stamp. Museum trails and a special kids tour are available on the museum app, and there are family passes and special events for children.

Transport & parkering

Med offentlig transport

Connolly Station · 5 min. til fods

Connolly Station is a 5-minute walk away, Pearse Station and Tara Street Station 7 minutes. Luas Red Line to George’s Dock (this stop is closed until December 2026; Connolly Station is the alternative). Dublin Bus routes 14, 15, 27, 31, 32, 42, 43, 53 and 130 to Amiens Street / Connolly Station; the G-Spine routes G1 and G2 stop at the Hilton Garden Inn. Hop-on hop-off tour buses stop at Custom House Quay.

I bil

Betalingsparkering

The Q-Park IFSC car park is next to EPIC on Commons Street, behind the Hilton Garden Inn. There is a coach drop-off point at the museum; the Docklands Bus and Coach Park is on Sheriff Street Lower behind Connolly Station.

EPIC is in the CHQ building on the north side of Custom House Quay, an 8-minute walk from O’Connell Bridge; its entrance is beside the arch next to CHQ. There are electric vehicle charge points nearby.

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Service & spisesteder

Museumsbutik
Opbevaringsskabe

The museum has a gift shop. Coin-operated lockers take carry-on sized luggage (€1 coins). Cafés and restaurants are in the CHQ building, and visitors can leave and re-enter the museum with a stamped ticket.

Arrangementer & udlejning

Lokaler til leje
Private fester
Firmaarrangementer

Events can be held in the historic vaults of the CHQ building, with an optional tour of the museum before the event.

Forespørgsel & detaljer

Planlæg dit besøg

Rundvisninger	nej
Audioguide	ja (EN, GA, DE, FR, ES, PT, IT, PL, ZH)
Tilbud til skoler	ja
Fotografering	Personal photography is welcome inside and outside the museum; commercial photography and filming need permission.
Godt at vide	The museum is self-guided. An audio guide device can be hired at the ticket desk for €3, and the free Smartify app can be used on a phone with headphones. School tours and genealogy consultations at the Irish Family History Centre are booked separately.

Åbningstider

Normale åbningstider

Mandag	10.00–18.45
Tirsdag	10.00–18.45
Onsdag	10.00–18.45
Torsdag	10.00–18.45
Fredag	10.00–18.45
Lørdag	10.00–18.45
Søndag	10.00–18.45

Early opening in summer (1. jun. – 31. aug.)

Mandag	09.00–18.45
Tirsdag	09.00–18.45
Onsdag	09.00–18.45
Torsdag	09.00–18.45
Fredag	09.00–18.45
Lørdag	09.00–18.45
Søndag	09.00–18.45

Open seven days a week; last entry is at 17:00. In June, July and August the museum opens at 9:00. If the museum reaches capacity, visitors with online bookings have priority.

Lukket: 24–26 December