Beware of Dracula! Halloween Family Tour
Irish author Bram Stoker needs your help!
His famous character Dracula, a notorious vampire, has somehow escaped from his book in our Storytelling Gallery and into the vaults of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. Can you and your family help track him down and spell him back from whence he came?
Highlights
- Themed tour includes a walkthrough of EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum.
- Working with our guide, you and your family will locate clues hidden in our galleries to Dracula’s whereabouts.
- Discover more about Bram Stoker’s life and the famous novel Dracula that shaped how the world imagines vampires today.
- Stop off for a Storytelling session, where Bram will bring to life some tales of creatures from Irish history and folklore that may have inspired Bram’s creation.
- Work together to create your very own vampire myth, suitable for the Ireland of today!
Dates and Times
Sat 26th October until Sun 3rd November 2024
5 Tours per day:
- 10.00am
- 11.30am
- 1.30pm
- 3.00pm
- 4.30pm
Prices
Adult: €23.00
Child: €15.00
This tour is suitable for families with children aged 6 – 12 years.
Prices above include entry to museum, so families can explore the museum after the storytelling event.
The tour is led by a guide who plays the role of Bram Stoker and involves an activity hunt to find objects hidden in the museum, a storytelling session and two interactive activities, one a spell casting and one an imagination game to come up with a new vampire story. Dress up in your scariest Dracula or Halloween-themed outfit to complete the theme!
Feedback from Dracula Tour 2023
The interaction with the kids was great, they really enjoyed searching for clues and learnt a lot about Bram Stoker and Dracula. – Katherine
Great event for kids. We will be back again next year. – John
The actor was great and really engaged with the children and was very encouraging even when they gave strange answers. It was very interactive and they both really enjoyed it. – Eimear
Loved the Dracula show and loved exploring the Museum. – Kate
The performer – he was great. The story, and making it a interactive and fun experience for kids. Hearing the background to Dracula and more about Bram Stoker’s upbringing was also very informative. – Catriona
