Programs

  • Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

    MUSEUM COLLECTION:IRELAND'S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM AT QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATES THE FAMINE AND ITS IMPACT THROUGH ART. THE MUSEUM INTERPRETS THE FAMINE VISUALLY, ALLOWING ARTISTS BOTH THOSE CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE GREAT HUNGER AND THOSE WORKING TODAY TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF LIFE, THE LEECHING OF THE LAND, AND THE EROSIONS OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. THROUGH ITS DISPLAY OF OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY IMAGES, LAYERS OF HISTORY ARE PEELED BACK, TO UNCOVER ASPECTS OF THE FAMINE. IN MARCH 2022, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED THAT QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY WILL PARTNER WITH THE GAELIC-AMERICAN CLUB (GAC) OF FAIRFIELD; ACCORDINGLY, THE COLLECTION OF IRELAND'S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A NEW SPACE TO BE CREATED BY THE GAC.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $7.1K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    MUSEUM COLLECTION:IRELAND'S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM AT QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY INVESTIGATES THE FAMINE AND ITS IMPACT THROUGH ART. THE MUSEUM INTERPRETS THE FAMINE VISUALLY, ALLOWING ARTISTS BOTH THOSE CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH THE GREAT HUNGER AND THOSE WORKING TODAY TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF THE LOSS OF LIFE, THE LEECHING OF THE LAND, AND THE EROSIONS OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. THROUGH ITS DISPLAY OF OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY IMAGES, LAYERS OF HISTORY ARE PEELED BACK, TO UNCOVER ASPECTS OF THE FAMINE. IN MARCH 2022, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES VOTED THAT QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY WILL PARTNER WITH THE GAELIC-AMERICAN CLUB (GAC) OF FAIRFIELD; ACCORDINGLY, THE COLLECTION OF IRELAND'S GREAT HUNGER MUSEUM WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A NEW SPACE TO BE CREATED BY THE GAC.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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