A captive audience: Irish prison museums and their visitors

O'Brien, G ORCID: 0000-0002-6968-0978 (2024) A captive audience: Irish prison museums and their visitors. In: Purdue, O and Hannan, L, (eds.) Public History in Ireland Difficult Histories. Global Perspectives on Public History . Routledge, London. ISBN 9781032110592

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Abstract

Increasingly tourists are stepping into prison cells and closing the doors behind them. Ireland has a growing number of prison museums and each year they welcome over 750,000 visitors. This chapter looks at the commodification of the experience – be that in the tour, museum or gift shop. It explores the development and operation of these museums and heritage sites and considers the complexities around telling stories associated with crime and punishment.

Item Type:	Book Section
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Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisions:	Humanities and Social Science
Publisher:	Routledge
Date of acceptance:	21 February 2023
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2025 09:52
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2025 09:52
Editors:	Purdue, O and Hannan, L
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/19185

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