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Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum Hosts Tea On The Lawn
Guests will be served various teas, sandwiches, small plates and desserts, while a harpist will provide ambience for the afternoon at QU.
From QU: Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum at Quinnipiac University will host an afternoon tea on the museum lawn Aug. 20 from 1-3 p.m. Guests will be served various teas, sandwiches, small plates and desserts, while a harpist will provide ambience for an enjoyable afternoon with friends.
“We are pleased to welcome everyone to join us at the museum for this celebration of the end of summer,” said Claire Puzarne, interim director of the museum. “We look forward to connecting with our community over a cup of tea.”
“Nature's Royal Tea Party,” a children's book written by Branford’s Cheryl Kling, will be available for sale, with all profits going directly to the museum. Kling is a docent at the museum.
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Representatives from Hamden’s Lucky Ewe Irish gift shop will display and sell Solvar Irish jewelry. The shop also will sponsor a raffle for a necklace from the collection. Tickets are $45 and should be purchased online in advance by clicking here. Tables of eight may be reserved at a discounted rate of $325 by calling (203) 582-6500. Dress is summer tea party attire. Hats are encouraged.
The museum, located at 3011 Whitney Ave., is home to the world's largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials relating to the Irish Famine. The museum preserves, builds and presents its art collection in order to stimulate reflection, inspire imagination and advance awareness of Ireland's Great Hunger and its long aftermath on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The collection focuses on the famine years from 1845-52, when blight destroyed virtually all of Ireland's potato crops for consecutive years. The crop destruction, coupled with British governmental indifference to the plight of the Irish, who at the time were members of the United Kingdom, resulted in the deaths of more than 1 million Irish men, women and children and the emigration of more than 2 million more to nations around the world. This tragedy occurred even though exports of food and livestock from Ireland continued and, in some cases, actually increased during the years of the Great Hunger.
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