Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum
Established 2012
Location 3011 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
Type Art museum, history museum
Owner Quinnipiac University
Website ighm.org

Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir) is a museum of the Irish Great Hunger of 1845–1852 located in Hamden, Connecticut.[1][2][3] Opened in 2012, the museum is part of Quinnipiac University. Exhibits focus on paintings and sculpture related to the Great Hunger. The museum also features a collection of printed materials relating to the starvation that occurred throughout Ireland from 1845–52 and the forced emigration that resulted.

References

  1. ↑ Monogan, David (24 March 2013). "From Coffin Ships To Triumph Abroad, Museums Tell Of Ireland's Haunting Diaspora". Forbes. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Gold, Sylvanie (4 January 2013). "Mournful, Angry Views of Ireland's Famine". New York Times. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. ↑ ExCathedra (23 December 2012). "Remarkable Museum Chronicles Ireland's Great Hunger". Hartford Courant.

Coordinates: 41°24′19″N 72°53′54″W / 41.4052°N 72.8984°W / 41.4052; -72.8984


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