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| Established | 2012 |
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| Location | 3011 Whitney Avenue Hamden, Connecticut, United States |
| Type | Art museum, history museum |
| Owner | Quinnipiac University |
| Website | ighm.org |
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum (Irish: Músaem An Ghorta Mhóir) was founded in 2012 in Hamden, Connecticut as part of Quinnipiac University to document and educate the public on the Irish Great Famine of 1845–1852, as well as its causes and consequences.[1][2][3] In addition to literature and artifacts, the museum contains the world's largest collection of Great Hunger-related art by both contemporary and 19th-century Irish and Irish-American artists.
A small sister gallery, containing literature and statues related to the Famine, is located within a special section of the Arnold Bernhard Library on the Mount Carmel campus of Quinnipiac University itself.[4]
- ^ Monogan, David (24 March 2013). "From Coffin Ships To Triumph Abroad, Museums Tell Of Ireland's Haunting Diaspora". Forbes. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ Gold, Sylvanie (4 January 2013). "Mournful, Angry Views of Ireland's Famine". New York Times. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ ExCathedra (23 December 2012). "Remarkable Museum Chronicles Ireland's Great Hunger". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014.
- ^ https://www.qu.edu/on-campus/our-campus/libraries.html Libraries | Quinnipiac University Retrieved Feb 27 2018