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EPIC Museum Dublin Docklands | New Galleries Upgrade

Dublin, Ireland

Ireland's global footprint distilled into a sensory journey through Dublin's historic vaults, where memory meets modern light.

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

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© EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

ArtLovers Tip

Look through the newly opened gallery windows that face the street; they offer a unique vantage point where the historic granite walls of the vaults meet the modern glass of the Docklands.

Exhibition Highlights - What you'll see

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum explores the departure of millions from Ireland's shores, turning a history of movement into a deeply personal narrative. This recent expansion adds 2,000 square feet of storytelling space to the 19th-century CHQ vaults, focusing on the sensory memories emigrants carried with them across oceans.

You're watching a 28-square-meter LED floor pulsing with the history of transit, from ancient currachs to modern aircraft, while the scent of Kerry hills and the sound of Wicklow waterfalls fill the vaulted stone chambers. Natural light now spills into the underground galleries for the first time, bridging the silent granite of the past with the bustling life of the modern Docklands outside.

Worth the trip

  • Sensory Cartography: The Isle of the Senses recreates the landscapes of home through curated scents and sounds for those seeking a visceral connection to Irish heritage.
  • Historic Resonance: The museum sits exactly where generations of emigrants boarded ships, making the physical location a powerful part of the storytelling.
  • Technological Scale: An interactive 28-square-meter LED floor—the largest in any Irish museum—visualises centuries of migration through a striking, kinetic display.

How to experience it

Download the museum's new app before entering to access expanded narratives and multilingual audio that complement the visual exhibits. After wandering through the subterranean vaults, walk along the Liffey towards the famine memorials nearby to see how the museum's stories transition into the physical fabric of the city.

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