Established 2012 Phone +1 203-582-6500 | Website ighm.org Owner Quinnipiac University | |
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Location 3011 Whitney Avenue
Hamden, Connecticut, United States Type Art museum, history museum Address 3011 Whitney Ave, Hamden, CT 06518, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–7PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSunday1–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosed Similar Farmington Canal State Par, West Rock Ridge State Park, Sleeping Giant, TD Bank Sports Center, New Haven Museum Profiles | ||
Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum (Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir) is a museum of the Irish Great Hunger of 1845–1852 located in Hamden, Connecticut. 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.
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