Article Photos: Irish famine museum opening at Conn. university



This September 2012 photo provided by Quinnipiac University shows the exterior of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum on the school's campus in Hamden, Conn. School officials said the museum, which will open on Oct. 11, 2012, has the world’s largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials related to the famine from 1845-52, when blight destroyed virtually all of Ireland's potato crops. (AP Photo/Quinnipiac University)

This September 2012 photo provided by Quinnipiac University shows the exterior of Ireland's Great Hunger Museum on the school's campus in Hamden, Conn. School officials said the museum, which will open on Oct. 11, 2012, has the world’s largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials related to the famine from 1845-52, when blight destroyed virtually all of Ireland's potato crops. (AP Photo/Quinnipiac University)