Stamp your EPIC passport in each gallery as you journey through the lives of actors, athletes, musicians, scientists, politicians and everyday people who helped shape the world.
Awaken your senses in Isle of the Senses and see 1,500 years of emigration move beneath your feet in Leaving the Island. Interactive experiences throughout the museum bring Ireland’s global story to life. Tours are self guided so you can explore at your own pace. Audio guides in multiple languages are also available.
A three time winner of Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction, EPIC is set within the atmospheric vaults of the CHQ Building in Dublin’s Docklands.
Visitors can also explore nearby attractions like the Irish Family History Centre and the Jeanie Johnston.
- EPIC Exhibition - Common Ground: Ireland in the EU
History and heritageEPIC Exhibition - Common Ground: Ireland in the EU Common Ground, a new multimedia exhibition explores how a small island nation has extended its influence across Europe, and how Europe, in turn, has profoundly shaped modern Ireland.
- Dublin By Dusk at EPIC Museum
AutumnDublin By Dusk at EPIC Museum EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum is taking part in Dublin by Dusk, a city-wide initiative encouraging visitors to experience Dublin's cultural attractions after hours.
- The Origins of Halloween Tour
AutumnThe Origins of Halloween Tour Delve back into the origins of Irish traditions and explore how Samhain became Halloween. Irish ghost stories and funerary traditions travelled with the Irish diaspora and often became entangled with local customs to form entirely new traditions.
- Beware of Dracula: Halloween Family Tour
AutumnBeware of Dracula: Halloween Family Tour Dracula, a notorious vampire, has somehow escaped from his book and into the vaults of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Can you and your family help track him down and spell him back from whence he came?
- The Pride Tour – Queer Irish, Global Impact
History and heritageThe Pride Tour – Queer Irish, Global Impact Exploring Ireland’s LGBTQIA+ past and present, the pride tour brings Irish queer histories to light.
- Rebels and Revolutionaries | Women’s History Tour
History and heritageRebels and Revolutionaries | Women’s History Tour Discover the lives and legacies of women who have blazed a trail in Ireland and abroad with the EPIC Museum Rebels and Revolutionaries Women’s History Tour.
- In Conversation with Louise O'Neill on A Bigger Life
Arts and cultureIn Conversation with Louise O'Neill on A Bigger Life Join us for an evening with Louise O'Neill. Ticket holders can look forward to an extract reading from A Bigger Life, an in-depth conversation on this profound piece of confessional literature, audience Q&A, as well as a book signing.
- The CHQ Tour | One of Dublin’s Iconic Buildings
History and heritageThe CHQ Tour | One of Dublin’s Iconic Buildings Embark on an exciting journey through over 200 years of history with a guided tour of the CHQ Building, one of Dublin’s most fascinating historical landmarks.
- Discover how Irish people helped shape the world beyond Ireland's borders.
- Hear tales of emigrants who became writers, artists, scientists and politicians.
- 70 million people world wide have Irish heritage.
- This fully interactive museum has won Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction three times.
Take the Dublin Docklands Family Trail to explore the Dublin Docklands. This circular trail can be started at any of its seven stops and with a range of activities along the route, it is suitable for all the family to enjoy.
