The National Irish American Museum Of Washington, D.C. is a proposed museum to honor Ireland’s legacy in America.

History The museum was proposed in 2008, but active fundraising was deferred due to the 2008 financial crisis, and in 2015 the Washington Post deemed the museum unlikely to ever open.

Objective

The museum's objective is "to become a major cultural institution that will bring Irish-American history to life for visitors of all ages, from all ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds."The Irish American Museum of Washington, D.C. Retrieved 17 January 2012

National Irish American Virtual Museum

A "Virtual Museum" has been created with a short video and biographical sections on numerous Irish Americans from 1776 to the modern era in the fields of innovation, acting, the arts, leadership, legal, media, medical, military, music, science, technology, and sports.Virtual Museum (online library) Retrieved 17 January 2012

See also Cobh Heritage Centre Ireland’s Great Hunger Museum

References

External links Official website http://www.irishamericanmuseumdc.org/in-the-press/IA_museum.pdf http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/03/irish-america-museum-obama-reagan-.html http://www.irishemigrant.com/ie/go.asp?p=story&storyID=8586 http://www.irishgenealogynews.com/2012/01/north-american-connections.html http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meathsouth/articles/2011/03/23/4003904-skryne-man-in-bid-to-build-irishamerican-museum-in-washington/ http://www.hiberniandigest.com/2010/06/08/building-the-irish-american-museum/ http://irishamericanstoryproject.com/?m=201109 http://www.indypressny.org/nycma/voices/469/briefs/briefs_3/ http://www.irishamericannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2314:dc-to-open-irish-american-museum&catid=82:usa&Itemid=199 http://groups.irishabroad.com/group/irishamericanmusemwashingtondc/ http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2011/07/cyrus-mccormick-did-not-invent-the-mechanical-reaper.html/cyrus-hall-mccormick http://www.prlog.org/11342454-national-irish-american-museum-seeks-funding-dc-location-h