Hotels near EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

EPIC, opened in 2016 inside the vaulted CHQ Building on Custom House Quay, has been voted Europe's Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards three times and is described as the world's first fully digital museum. Its 20 themed galleries tell the story of the 10 million people who emigrated from Ireland over the last 1,500 years and the global influence they have had on politics, science, sport, music, and food.

The exhibition design is interactive throughout, with motion-sensitive walls, holograms, and touch-screen passports that you stamp as you move through each gallery, making it the most family-friendly indoor attraction in central Dublin. Allow about 90 minutes for the full route, longer if you spend time in the family-history Centre on the lower ground floor.

Pro Tip: A combined EPIC and Jeanie Johnston tall ship ticket, available at the museum entrance, is the most efficient way to pair the emigration story with a guided tour of an actual 19th-century famine-era ship moored two minutes' walk away on the quay.