Dublin – Members Study Trip
In Person EventRegister your Expression of Interest to join us at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
NI Museums Council are hosting a study trip to Dublin to learn from sector colleagues and to visit new exhibitions. Travel will be covered by NI Museums Council either via a stipend. We are asking individuals to register their interest and will allocate spaces week commencing 16th December.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: FRIDAY 13th December
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
EPIC is located in The CHQ Building in one of Dublin’s most historic locations on Custom House Quay. CHQ, formerly known as Stack A, or the Tobacco Store, was built between 1817 and 1820 to store valuable cargoes of tobacco, tea and spirits. It overlooks the River Liffey, which was the departure point for so many people who fled the country during The Famine so it’s a very fitting home for Ireland’s emigration museum.
Today EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. and was voted Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction 2019, 2020 and 2021. It’s interpretation is a mix of digital and primary sources and covers the historical experience of the Irish diaspora and the impact that they have made on our world today. It touches on sensitive topics of trauma and the temporary exhibitions respond to contemporary events and social stories.
During our visit, delegates will be given a tour of the museum and will get the chance to speak to staff about their interpretation choices and their new 10 year strategy, Learning and Education Review and Annual Action Plan 2025.
How to Register Interest
This event is available only to members of the NI Museums Council – this includes members of staff who work at a museum that holds organisational membership.
NI museums Council are accepting Expressions of Interest via Eventbrite or by filling in the Study Trip EOI Form and returning it to Catherine Doran at catherine.doran@nimc.co.uk.
Numbers are limited so please register your interest early. Deadline to register is Friday 13th December.
A programme will be circulated once all of the spaces have been allocated.