Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University investigates the Famine and its impact through art.

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The IGHM collection will be kept intact and is staying in CT, and will move to the Gaelic-American Club of Fairfield: https://t.co/nGwSf6pOiy

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What a wonderful morning here at Ireland's Great Hunger Museum!

We are thrilled to have United Way of Greater New Haven here with us for the Hamden Hunger Summit. https://t.co/Qt3YGJu0m6

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Another great day here at the museum! Students who were born in Spain, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela, and the Dominican Republic were all learning about Ireland's Great Hunger and 19th century immigration. What a smart and energetic group! Thank you for visiting us.

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The "Coming Home" exhibition has resulted in artwork being created throughout Derry! Here is one of the three murals that will be part of a mural trail that has been inspired by the exhibition. https://t.co/Atkei6l0JZ

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One of our museum helpers came in today to test out the discovery box that came from the West Cork Arts Centre as part of the Coming Home exhibition. The discovery box encourages children to engage with the... https://t.co/ZjngXuuI5T

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Today the museum hosted a class from Yale University who are studying "Pests, Parasites, and Pathogens." Interested in bringing a group to the museum? Call 203-582-6500 to book your group tour today!

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The music is just getting going! Traditional Irish music session in the upper gallery, today until 3 p.m. https://t.co/b25xSuhklS

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Behind the scenes with Ireland's Great Hunger Museum!

Help us celebrate the return of our permanent collection on April 11, 2019 at 6 p.m. Register below.

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Congratulations to our friends at Ireland's Great Hunger Institute on their new exhibition celebrating philanthropist, James Hack Tuke. Make sure you stop by the Arnold Bernhard Library at Quinnipiac University to see it! https://t.co/z0nUO60rcm

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Ireland's Great Hunger Museum will be closed temporarily from today March 18 through April 11 as we reinstall our permanent collection. Please

Join us April 11 from 6-8 p.m. for a reception celebrating it's return from Ireland.

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Our tour of Ireland is wrapping up very soon, but the exhibition continues to draw great numbers (now over 100,000 visitors for the entire tour). Here are a few recent photos from the show in Derry. Thank you everyone for the amazing support of this project!

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The museum was excited to host a group of over 40, 8th grade students from Benjamin Jepson Magnet School, in New Haven yesterday. We are looking forward to having your 7th grade friends attend tomorrow.... https://t.co/pEkpgDVXiB

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Share Your Immigration Story with Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

St. Patrick's Day Weekend 2019
Saturday, March 16
The museum is collecting immigration stories. On Saturday, March 16, we invite you... https://t.co/9VhzjMgrnH

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Here are some great photos of students in Derry interacting with the "Coming Home" exhibition. The show is only in Derry for two more weeks before it makes its journey back to the museum! https://t.co/mW4FbFXSui

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Another wonderful tour! Thank you to the 2nd grade class at the St. Thomas's Day School. We had such a great time talking about immigration and our art activity, "Packing for a New Life."

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We were so happy to have Hamden Hall Country Day School visit the museum again for the 4th year in a row!

Students watched our education video, took a tour, and did a drawing activity to complete... https://t.co/Znlxx37Sgh

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Another exciting event coming up soon! Be sure to register. https://t.co/mHvgLNsP2H

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In case you missed it, Ireland's Great Hunger Museum was featured last night on WFSB - Channel 3 Eyewitness News on the "Every Town Has a Story" segment.

Check it out below. https://t.co/xsLU51cAwJ