Migration Museum

Name: Migration Museum
Address: Lewisham Shopping Centre, London, SE137HB, GB
Telephone: +2034884508
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Migration Museum 🌍 Exploring how migration has shaped who we are – as individuals and as nations. 🕰️ Open Thurs–Sat, 11am–5.30pm

Migration is a pressing contemporary issue and is at the centre of polarised political and online debate. But there’s an underlying story of comings and goings stretching back many centuries. And this story goes to the heart of who we are today. Britain has thousands of museums, but none comprehensively focused on this important theme that connects us all. The time is right for a highly relevant,

accessible visitor attraction that shines a light on who we are, where we come from and where we are going. From our current home in the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre, we stage engaging exhibitions and dynamic events, alongside a far-reaching education programme for primary, secondary, university and adult learners. Our museum is reopening to the public in May 2021. We have a growing digital presence and convene a knowledge-sharing Migration Network of museums and galleries across the UK. From February 14 2020, we'll be staging exhibitions,
events and education workshops from our new venue in the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre.

14/02/2025

💘🌍 Love Across Borders 🌍💘

"I do believe that God above, Created you for me to love. He picked you out from all the rest, Because He knew I loved you best"
—Edith Rugg

When Edie met Benjamin during WWII, neither imagined how far their love would take them. Edie was a London-born daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, Ben an American Army lieutenant stationed in England. After the war, Ben returned to New York to build a home for their growing family, while Edie waited in London for the birth of their first child.

In 1946, she journeyed across the Atlantic with her newborn to reunite with her husband. Sadly, as an English woman with foreign roots, Edie wasn't met with open arms by Ben’s family, which at times made her feel lonely and isolated. With love and dedication, they held on to each other, building their dream life in Hempstead, Long Island—running a hardware store and raising their two children.

This Valentine’s Day, we celebrate love that crosses borders, embraces differences, and flourishes despite many challenges. ❤️👨‍👩‍👧

This story is part of Becky-Dee's magnificent suitcase installation 'Worlds Apart' (2020) which gives a glimpse into the exciting and sometimes difficult experiences encountered by individuals and families who accepted the challenge to move overseas.

You can read Edith Rugg's full story and others at our current exhibition
📅 Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11am-5:30pm
🆓 Free entry | Donations welcome
⏳ Closing 30th March

📸© courtesy of Imperial War Museum
📸© Elzbieta Piekacz

13/02/2025

"This digital collage is a time capsule snapshot of my mother’s migration through my eyes as a child watching from within our haven—the top half of a maisonette council flat in North East London. My mother’s intergenerational wisdom and migration journey became my guide for creating abundance from scarcity." — Angelina Duke Alexander (Anjali), multidiciplinary Tamil artist

Anjali uses digital collage to boldly explore themes of transformative justice, creating work that celebrates resilience, personal transformation, and the wisdom of migrant mothers.

Wisdom's Daughter (2024)
🥻 Honouring her mother’s journey from South India to Walthamstow, London—this collage features intricate layers of fabric, photographs, and textures, with a background crafted from her mother’s sari.

Learn more about Angelina's artwork in Phase Two of Inside/Outside and All In Between, our first community-curated exhibition in collaboration with .curators.

📅 Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11am-5:30pm
🆓 Free entry | Donations welcome
⏳ Closing 30th March

Learn more about here: https://bit.ly/3Ec74Xh

📸 courtesy of Angelina Duke Alexander
📸 Sopo Ramischwili

12/02/2025

💛 Love is a Journey 💛

This Valentine's Day, we are sharing pieces from our that carry stories of love, resilience, and creativity from around the world

Mahin Hussain
🌺 A brand-new 'LOVE' collection by Mahin, created using the risograph printing technique. Her work is inspired by her childhood memories and the iconic cultural imagery of Pakistan.

The Playful Indian
💌 Playful cards and "good vibes" enamel pins, perfect for Galentine's Day (or any day!). Founded by Dina Mistry, a British-born Indian artist passionate about keeping her South Asian heritage alive.

Zaytoun
🧼🌹 Handmade in Palestine using traditional methods, this rose-infused soap brings centuries of care and craftsmanship to your skincare routine.

Love Across Borders by Anna Lekas Miller
📚 A gripping true love story navigating the harsh realities of global immigration systems.

Wild Chai
🍵 A sweet new addition to our market - founded by South Asian sister duo: Jasmine & Alicia. In the 1960s, the family left India for London, brewing authentic chai to preserve a taste of a loving home.

Whether you're celebrating romantic love, friendship, or self-love, every gift from our shop supports makers and storytellers with powerful journeys.

Shop via our website: https://bit.ly/3Q580iQ

07/02/2025

📚✨ Our brilliant learning team has been keeping busy ✨📚

With our interactive learning space and inspiring exhibitions, we've created unforgettable experiences for so many. Here’s what some of you had to say...

💬 I really enjoyed the workshop and each part of this museum, and found it extremely interesting and educational.

💬 The visit was emotional. It brought to life what migration means – and gave space to have in depth, uncomfortable conversations.

💬 I loved the creativity of this museum (like the magnetic timelines).

💬 [My favourite part of the session was] learning stories of migrants and events because it made me realise how important understanding migration is.

We’re so proud of the connections we’ve made in our time in Lewisham, and the stories we’ve shared – and we’re making every moment count before our final day here in Lewisham Shopping Centre.

🔗 You can find out more about our learning programme here: https://bit.ly/3WRxqUJ

We are fully booked with primary school workshops until we close on 30 March, but there might still be a few spaces for secondary schools, so get in touch quickly!

05/02/2025

✨ Join us for a special Late at the Migration Museum on February 27th ✨

Dive into discussions around the internal journey of identity and belonging (Inside) and the external realities of settlement and integration (Outside)- all explored in our community curated exhibition Inside/Outside and All In Between.

Hear from our Community Curators and local migrant artists. The event includes a panel discussion, a live performance, plus an opportunity to explore the exhibition, meet the artists, and share food that celebrates the cultures of our Community Curators.

“As migrants, we often find ourselves navigating between the internal journey of identity and belonging (Inside) and the external realities of settlement and integration (Outside). We have private and public selves and conflicts that arise from switching between these identities.” – Community Curators

Head to the link in our bio to book your ticket for this exclusive late event. Join the artists and curators as we delve into the complex dynamics of migration and displacement.

The Community Curators will also share insights into the processes and methods of co-production and co-curation from their work with the Migration Museum over the past year.

Don't miss out - book here: https://bit.ly/40BqrjL

30/01/2025

"I seek to navigate the meanings of home and ancestry, identity and belonging in diasporic communities. My work brings together personal and global histories – using of archives from my own family alongside references to the cultural and colonial histories of Southeast Asia and Australia." – Yang-En Hume, Australian-Singaporean artist.

Yang-En Hume creates installations, works with family photo albums, alternative photography, and textiles to uncover the stories of marginalised communities and histories often overlooked.

She has two pieces featured in :

'Ghosts' (2024)
🌫️ This piece is rooted in Yang-En’s family archives, exploring the complexities of home, identity, and belonging within diasporic spaces. Three meaningful objects rest on a thin shelf wrapping around the wall, resembling a timeline. Each piece tells a story of dislocation, loss, and nostalgia – emotions familiar to anyone living between continents and cultures.

'Double Negative' (2023)
🥮 Inspired by the mooncake tins used in Yang-En’s family to store photographs and keepsakes, this piece casts these tins to reflect on how cultural lineage and memory pass through generations.

Explore Yang-En's works in Phase Two of Inside/Outside and All In Between, our first community-curated exhibition in collaboration with .curators.
📅 Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11am-5:30pm
🆓 Free entry | Donations welcome
⏳ Closing 30th March

Learn more about here: https://bit.ly/3Ec74Xh

📸 courtesy of Yang-En Hume
📸 Sopo Ramischwili

29/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧✨

As we welcome in the Year of the Snake, we embrace all that it represents: wisdom, transformation, determination to overcome challenges – traits that resonate deeply with the journey of many migrants who leave their homes behind in search of a better life.

"I am grateful for the privileges afforded by my parents, grandma, and great-grandfather's drive for a better life in a new country."
– Kim Chin, textiles artist and community organiser

Kim Chin is a second-generation migrant whose rich cultural heritage, comprising Filipino, Chinese, and Jamaican roots, inspires her vibrant artistry. Her work celebrates life learnings that liberate her making and continue the legacies of her resilient and brave ancestors.

To celebrate the Year of the Snake, we're shining a light on Kim's work, as featured in our . Her Spiral Snakes collection celebrates "circularity of living, the shedding and evolving patterns that no longer serve us." 🌀🐍

Kim's collection consists of original linocut designs transformed into standalone artwork or digitally printed products using sustainable methods, such as recycled papers and vegetable-based inks for her cards, and small-run production to minimise waste. 🔗 Explore the collection here: https://shop.migrationmuseum.org/collections/kim-chin

📸 Sopo Ramischiwili
📸 courtesy Kim Chin, © Independent Samsung Photo by Camilla Greenwell

27/01/2025

"My mother's family had to leave Austria, because they were Jewish and they were secular Jewish, but nevertheless they had to leave...My family were very lucky because they were able to bring a lot of things to the UK."

This we are taking a look at Amanda's family migration story. At the young age of 11, her mother emigrated from Vienna to the UK, in order to escape the N**i invasion of Austria before the start of the Second World War.

The cross-stitch-adorned table cloth, and tea set, seen here, hold deep cultural links to Amanda's heritage, as well as keeping the memory of her mother alive, 27 years on from her passing.

Amanda is a teacher, writer and cherished volunteer at the Migration Museum. Visit our current exhibition to find out more about Amanda's story and see the table cloth and tea set, alongside other treasured items from migration journeys. 🫖🍵

Open every Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11am to 5.30pm
Free entry | Donations welcome | Closing 30 March

🔗Learn more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4azvber

📹 Maryna Sulym

21/01/2025

📌 Important Notice

We are really sad to announce that our time in Lewisham Shopping Centre will come to an end on Sunday 30 March 2025.

In the past four years, we have had a fantastic run, building lasting friendships and connections - and we couldn't have been made to feel more welcome. We are immensely grateful to Landsec for making it possible for us to host our museum in such a brilliant venue in the heart of this incredible community. And to every single person who has visited, contributed and supported the museum over the past four years. ♥️

Don't worry, you still have time to come and visit us before we close our doors! We're planning some special free events and activities during our final few months in the space – we'll be announcing soon.

And this isn't goodbye – we are currently exploring a range of different temporary venue options for the period leading up to us opening at our permanent home in the City of London in 2027. We will share news on this with you as soon as we have it.

We hope you'll join us on this journey. For now, don't miss your chance to visit us in Lewisham during our final months here!

📸 Elzbieta Piekacz

16/01/2025

Rickshaw painted teapot from Bangladesh 🫖🪷

'Tea is something that brings everyone together. We always make sure that you have our version of tea. It’s funny how things we took for granted back home, like tea culture, have now become something so important.'
~ Hamza Habib Hasan

This object is featured in our All Our Stories exhibition - visit our website for more details: https://bit.ly/4cPZs95

14/01/2025

❤️‍🔥 Inside/Outside and All In Between (PHASE TWO) opens this week ❤️‍🔥

We are so excited to announce the second phase of our first ever Community Curated exhibition: and All In Between - opening Thursday 16th January 2025.

This exhibition explores the complexities of the migrant experience and identity. Featuring responses by artists working across diverse mediums, including film, photography, installation, painting collage and more. All the works in the exhibition were submitted via an open call-out to artists with a deep connection to

Phase one was so well received, and we can't wait to welcome you back to see the next selection of artists.

Thank you to and for making this exhibition possible.

Free entry | No booking | Donations welcome
🔗 Learn more about the exhibition and our community curators via the link in our bio.

🖌️ Artwork: Angelina Duke Alexander
✨ Community Curators: Arbër Qerka-Gashi, Tunu Brown, Ching Wong, Khevyn BE Ibrahim and Amalia Yonaki
🎨Exhibiting artists:
Yui Yamamoto
Ambrin Howell
Tanya Rojas Magdaleno
Khatami
Patricia Uter
Kaleb D'Aguilar
Elzbieta Piekacz
Tracey Francis
Yang-En Hume
Laiba Raja
Tova McKenzie-Bassant
Kabawicity
Zhara Elizabeth
Lewisham College

10/01/2025

Meet Jyoti Chand! The creative mind behind the bold textile brand By Chand🧣🧶

Influenced by her Indian heritage and travels throughout her homeland - Jyoti takes inspiration from the vivid colour palettes shown in Bollywood cinema which evoke a strong sense of nostalgia for her roots.

Now based in Edinburgh, she maintains the vibrancy of her roots through the use of bright colours in her knitted hats and scarfs - believing that fashion should make a lasting impression and encouraging others to invite colour into their wardrobes and homes.

You can find out more about Jyoti's pieces here: https://bit.ly/3PA2owt

📸© courtesy of Jyoti Chand

02/01/2025

Old-fashioned German wooden biscuit moulds 🐴 🍪

"My grandmother made all kinds of strange-tasting and different-textured German biscuits. Some I found too brittle to nibble, or too aniseedy to enjoy; others, like her cinnamon almond biscuits, were delicious and very more-ish. She had lots of carved wooden biscuit moulds, neat little pastry cutters and tools for making dots and dashes on her pies!
~ Sophie Herxheimer

This object is featured in our All Our Stories exhibition - visit our website for more details: https://bit.ly/4cPZs95

31/12/2024

🎇 Farewell 2024 🎇

As the year draws to a close, we are spotlighting Hasan Abdallah, a Syrian-Kurdish artist featured in our community-curated exhibition and All In Between.

Hasan's painting, Farewell Friends (2015), is a heartfelt reflection of his departure from Syria, and how the celebratory dance of the Dilan (Dabke) was collectively performed by his loved ones to say goodbye. An uncertain future is masked by the joyful expression of dance, and shows the hope he carried with him on his migration journey. 👋🏽

Now based in Lewisham, Hasan has led a life marked by creativity, resilience, and a passion for activism through art. After fleeing Syria in 2011 to escape war, oppression and political persecution, he continues to use his art to advocate for women's rights and liberation.

See the full interview alongside his painting 'Farewell Friends' in Phase One of Inside/Outside, showing until 11 January, 2025.

We will be staging a second phase of the exhibition, opening in mid-January, featuring a new selection of artworks.

The Migration Museum reopens on 2 January.
Open every Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
11am – 5.30pm | Free Entry | Donations Welcome

📽️ from Jonny Guardiani 'Beyond Borders' in 2018.

24/12/2024

"After having to adapt to England, the Caribbean front room was and is part of my history and experiences... a place of growing up, a place of sharing, a place of togetherness, a place of achieving."
- Audrey Thompson-Remekie, visual artist and poet.

Audrey Thompson's beautiful paintings touch on the need to make home in temporary, rented places, having left behind rooted homes, warm weather, palm trees and fresh coconuts after migrating to the UK in 1966.

Spaces Inside (2022)
🏡 Warmly highlights the Caribbean front-room and its importance in the lives of many families. Audrey recalls that her family had to adapt to entertaining indoors due to the cold climate and the rampant racism in the UK.

Be sure to catch Audrey's work during the final few weeks of the first phase of and All In Between – our first community-curated exhibition bringing together local Lewisham artists to explore the complexities of migrant experience and identity.

We will be staging a second phase of the exhibition, opening in mid-January, featuring a new selection of artworks.

Inside/Outside Phase One closes Saturday 11 January 2025
The Migration Museum reopens on 2 January 2025. Open every Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
11am – 5.30pm | Free Entry

📸 Sopo Ramischwili

20/12/2024

✨ Final days to visit us in 2024! ✨
We're open every day until Sunday, 22nd December | 11am to 5:30pm
🎟️ Entry is free, and donations are welcome!

Thank you to Lewisham Shopping Centre for spotlighting our major exhibition, All Our Stories. This immersive exhibition explores how central migration has always been to life in Britain, featuring art, film, photography, personal stories, and keepsakes.

19/12/2024

"I strive to create art that sparks conversations and invites viewers to bridge the gap between the personal and the universal, encouraging dialogue and understanding in an increasingly complex world."
– Kadir Karababa, Lewisham-born artist of Turkish and Cypriot heritage

Meet Kadir Karababa – one of the incredible artists featured in . Thought his family portrait, Kadir invites us to reflect on our own ancestral histories and their significance in our present lives.

In this painting, Kadir draws inspiration from his father’s birthplace – Urfa, a small city near the Syrian border in southeastern Turkey. The scene depicted is based on a 1920s photograph of Kadir’s grandfather and namesake, alongside a group of friends.

Kadir’s work explores the intersections of identity, including his mixed ethnic background, queerness, social class, and broader socio-political experiences.

Explore Inside/Outside and All In Between, a community-curated exhibition that offers insight into the rich, multifaceted identities of artists from Lewisham, reflecting on their familial roots and lived experiences.

Discover Kadir’s family portrait of the past at the Migration Museum before the first phase of the exhibition ends on Jan 11.

⏰ Extended Holiday Hours: We're open every day from Dec 12-22, 11am-5:30pm (5pm close on Sundays).

🛏️ We’ll be closed for the holidays from Dec 23-Jan 1, reopening on Jan 2. ⭐ Free entry | Donations welcome

📸 Courtesy of Kadir Karababa
📸 Sopo Ramischwili
📸 Elzbieta Piekacz

18/12/2024

Today we celebrate International 🎂 a moment to reflect on the immense contributions of migrants worldwide.

At the Migration Museum, we share the personal stories behind the movement of people to and from Britain – and how migration has shaped us, as individuals and as nations.

We present personal stories, artworks and artefacts that invite conversations and reflection on what migration means to each of us – and how it has enriched our lives. Whether it's through the books we read, the coffee we drink, the friendships we build, the music we dance to, or the flavours of our favourite dishes, migration is part of our everyday lives.

The people seen in these photos are part of a larger collection of migration stories in our current exhibition, All Our Stories, as well as from some of our previous exhibitions.

Photo Credits:
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Tom Tse and sister Sophie Tse, courtesy of Tom Tse, 2005-2006
💃 Dell and Cathy at Irish Dancehall, photo by Roy Mehta, courtesy of Roy Mehta
🇦🇺 Olive York (nee Turner), 12 years after migrating to Melbourne, courtesy of Barry York, 87 Shamrock St, 1966
📖 Unaccompanied refugee children from Vietnam, photo by Howard Davies, courtesy of Howard Davies, Hampton Court House, 1990
💍 Maggie and Mazid wedding, courtesy of Oliver Khondoker, 1968
👩‍🏫 Mary Schönfeld, fifth from right, at Bischof-Faber-Platz Primary School in Vienna, courtesy of Amanda Hilton, c.1937
☕ Opening of Costa Boutique at Waterloo Station, courtesy of the Costa Family
🩺 Clarice Reid in uniform, courtesy of EVEWRIGHT
🍖 Charlie Phillips at Smokey Joe's Diner, courtesy of Charlie Phillips

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🎇 Farewell 2024 🎇 As the year draws to a close, we are spotlighting Hasan Abdallah, a Syrian-Kurdish artist featured in our community-curated exhibition #InsideOutside and All In Between. Hasan's painting, Farewell Friends (2015), is a heartfelt reflection of his departure from Syria, and how the celebratory dance of the Dilan (Dabke) was collectively performed by his loved ones to say goodbye. An uncertain future is masked by the joyful expression of dance, and shows the hope he carried with him on his migration journey. 👋🏽 Now based in Lewisham, Hasan has led a life marked by creativity, resilience, and a passion for activism through art. After fleeing Syria in 2011 to escape war, oppression and political persecution, he continues to use his art to advocate for women's rights and liberation. See the full interview alongside his painting 'Farewell Friends' in Phase One of Inside/Outside, showing until 11 January, 2025. We will be staging a second phase of the exhibition, opening in mid-January, featuring a new selection of artworks. The Migration Museum reopens on 2 January. Open every Thursday, Friday & Saturday. 11am – 5.30pm | Free Entry | Donations Welcome 📽️ from Jonny Guardiani 'Beyond Borders' in 2018. #MigrationMuseum #MigrantArtist #SyrianArtist #Syria #Painting #Migration #HasanAbdallah #JonnyGuardini #FilmMaker #Dilan #Dabke #WomensRights #Activim #AbstractExpressionism

Tapestry of Time - Osbert Parker and Luke Ramsay

🎬 We're excited to spotlight Tapestry of Time — an innovative mixed-media animation film that brings to life the story of migration to and from the British Isles across the ages – from the Ice Ages to today. ❄️➡️🏙️ Created by directors and animators Osbert Parker , a three-time BAFTA nominee, alongside Luke Ramsay, Tapestry of Time, is a film commissioned by the Migration Museum for our #AllOurStories exhibition. The film uses metaphors to emphasise fragility and human resilience, with a changing horizon line symbolising a timeline through history. 🔮🌀Behind the scenes, the process: Osbert and Luke created storyboards for the entire film, using research material collated by Nanda Valdez, to inform the visual language. Digital techniques were then used to transfer paper designs into moving pictures and placed onto an animatic timeline across three screens. Other techniques include artistic stop-motion experiments and AI that allow for innovative ways to bring two dimensional etchings to life in three dimensional space. With a cubist montage approach, the work also captures multiple perspectives and moments in time, at once. The sound design, created by Rob Szeliga is a unique, evocative soundscape from the past, enhancing storytelling with a deep sense of place, time, and people This is a timely and important artwork that captures the many people, communities, and significant events that have shaped Britain. And we're excited to say that it is available for everyone to see, for free, here at the Migration Museum as part of the #AllOurStories exhibition. 🌎 💫 Open Thurs–Sat | 11am–5.30pm 📹Osbert Parker and Luke Ramsay 🔊Rob Szeliga 📖 Nanda Valdez 🤖C.G. Animator: Yixuan Wang 🖋️Design: Fiona Parker 📷 Ethan Parker 📸 Images used in this excerpt: • Facial Reconstructions © Brighton & Hove • Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th Century © City of Bayeux • Notting Hill Riot, 1976 © Alamy • A Coll

This #LatinAmericanHeritageMonth we are shining a light on the inspiring Jael de la Luz - a mother, migrant, intersectional feminist and community organiser driving change in the Latin American community. Jael combines her activism and academic experience in her volunteer work with Latin American women’s spaces in London. She advocates for those who have experienced forms of violence and supports people facing the difficulties that come with being a refugee and migrant within the community. Here, Jael shares one of her #keepsakes, her diploma from Mexico, and reflects on her experience as a highly educated woman in her home country. She also talks about the challenges she faced after migrating to the U.K., where her education was not equally valued or recognised. Watch the rest of Jael’s inspiring story at the @migrationmuseumuk and see her keepsake in our current exhibition #AllOurStories, which is open every Thursday, Friday & Saturday, from 11am until 5.30. Free entry! 📃With thanks to Latin American Women’s Aid (LAWA), Bootstrap Charity, Annaís Berlim & Louise Carpenedo 📹Maryna Sulym #LAHM #HispanicHeritageMonth #HHS #Mexico #Diploma #IntersectionalFeminist #Feminism #Migration #Certificate #Graduate

It’s been a week since #AllOurStories opened!

✨ It’s been a week since #AllOurStories opened, and we’re thrilled by the amazing response! Here’s what some of our guests had to say at the first look last week... ✨ Haven’t visited yet? All Our Stories is free to visit and open Thursday to Saturday, 11am - 5:30pm! Drop by tomorrow or this weekend to explore why people migrate, their experiences of arriving and settling, and questions of identity and belonging. #FreeExhibition #LondonEvents

Interview with Mary Barrett - volunteer with the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

"What surprises me is that people say it's the worst thing they've gone through. It's worse that prison, it's worse than crossing the Mediterranean, all the terrible things they've gone through. It's the worst thing and you think: how can this be?" – Mary Barrett Mary Barrett is a volunteer with the Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group who visits people being held at immigration detention centres near Gatwick airport. Listen as she describes her experience of what volunteering entails and how she connects with people going through this very difficult time in their lives. To learn more about this story and others, visit our new exhibition #AllOurStories, which includes a section about people's experiences of navigating the immigration system in the UK. Open every Thurs • Fri • Sat | 11am - 5.30pm Artwork in image by Shorsh Saleh. Photo: Elzbieta Piekacz

"And I suppose, It's also a sort of a semi utopian vision, a world in which there is absolutely free, intermingling of everything. No borders anywhere." - Jiro Osuga Born in Tokyo and raised between Japan and the UK, Jiro Osuga brings this semi-utopian vision to life in his captivating artwork, Departures. Departures brings to life an imaginary airport departure lounge, interspersing fantastical and historical characters among the travellers waiting to board their flights. It invites viewers to depart on imaginary journeys of their own, and evokes a vision of a borderless universe where people and ideas intermingle creatively. Get a glimpse into Osuga's @planet.jiro stunning piece Departures, which will be featured in #AllOurStories - a new major exhibition by the Migration Museum. ✨Opens 12 September 2024 ✨ #AllOurStories showcases a decade of the Migration Museum’s work, alongside new stories and artwork that explore the reasons why people migrate and just how central migration is to our lives. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3zKr68R

Paddington is back! And he's come to complete our #HeartOfTheNation Family Trail 🗺️ Follow the hearts around the exhibition to find out more about people from around the world who have worked in the NHS. And don't forget to show your finished sheet at the front desk to get a surprise! The trail will be available until the final day of our award-winning exhibition - 27th July. Just one week left! Open Thursday ∙ Friday ∙ Saturday | 11am - 5.30pm Heart of the Nation spotlights stories of people from around the world who have created, shaped and sustained the NHS over the past 76 years. #paddington #trail #migrationmuseum #heartofthenation #summerholiday

✨Don't miss your chance to visit Heart of the Nation before it closes at the end of this month! ⏳

"The NHS has to be one of our greatest achievements as a country! Having the foresight to think that this was an important thing, experiment almost, to do back in the late 40s." – Jane Hendrie, Manager of Lewisham Education Arts Network (LEAN) ✨Don't miss your chance to visit Heart of the Nation before it closes at the end of this month! ⏳ 📍On at the Migration Museum until 27 July 2024 🆓Free admission – no booking required 🔗Learn more and plan your visit: https://bit.ly/48Sdt45 #NHS #NationalTreasure #HeartOfTheNation

DON’T MISS 20% OFF OUR T-SHIRTS IN NEW COLOURS 👕🎨♻️ From the 28th to the 30th of June, you can shop a new, sustainable range of our Migration Is Not A Crime tees in lovely new colours. We value taking an eco-conscious approach when it comes to our products. That is why this range is produced by our partners @teemillstore a sustainable, circular supply chain. These T-shirts are made using recycled organic materials, renewable energy and plastic-free packaging, and each item is printed individually with water-based inks, eliminating waste. You can buy them in our award-winning shop at the Migration Museum in Lewisham, or shop online: https://bit.ly/4bkp3p5 #MigrationIsNotACrime #Tshirt #Sustainable #Paddington

Not long left now 💙 Just 2 months remaining to immerse yourself in our award-winning #HeartOfTheNation exhibition on Migration and the Making of the NHS. Watch some of our contributors and friends share their favourite NHS and migration stories from the exhibition. What's yours? ✨ Share with us in the comments below! 🗓️ On until 27 July 2024 | Thurs – Sat, 11am – 5.30pm #FreeEntry – No Booking Required 👉 Visit us at the #MigrationMuseum in Lewisham. Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3UWjoPU #NHS75 #LondonEvents #VisitLondon #MuseumExhibition #NHSStories #ShareYourStory

Reintroducing SPEAK: the centrepiece of our acclaimed national touring exhibition Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS 🩺💙🍃📽️ We're absolutely thrilled to have commissioned SPEAK and to collaborate with talented migrant NHS workers and artists @emmanuelsugo and @kaialaureille who together created this immersive music and film installation that asks... Who are the people who care for us? And do we care enough about them? 📹 Filmmaker: Tupac Carroll

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The Migration Museum Project is shining a light on the many ways that the movement of people to and from Britain across the ages has shaped who we are – as individuals, as communities, and as a nation. We are doing this through the creation of an inspiring national Migration Museum, a far-reaching nationwide education programme, and a knowledge-sharing network of museums and galleries across the UK.

We have staged an acclaimed series of events, exhibitions and education workshops at venues across the UK since 2013, exploring the central role that migration has played in making us who we are today – as individuals, as communities and as a nation – and helping us to hone our strategy and receive input and feedback from individuals and communities as we work towards our goals. Our exhibitions and events have been attended by over 170,000 visitors, while more than 7,500 school and university students have participated in our education workshops.

We are moving to an exciting new venue in Lewisham in 2020. Opening in February 2020, the Migration Museum in Lewisham will stage a varied programme of exhibitions, events and education workshops from the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre – more details to follow.

Between April 2017 and November 2019, we were based at the Migration Museum at The Workshop in London, a temporary venue, now closed to the public, in which we staged a dynamic series of exhibitions, events and education workshops. Being based at a central London venue for two and a half years enabled us to provide a showcase for the permanent Migration Museum for Britain that we are creating, raise our profile, expand audience reach, deepen links with community groups and schools, and test ideas for our permanent museum.