Migration Museum at The Workshop launch party

On the 10th May 2017 we were delighted to welcome 500 supporters to celebrate the opening of our new venue, Migration Museum at The Workshop. Guests enjoyed a wonderful performance by Yasmin Kadi,  as well as talks by distinguished friends, Lord Alf Dubs and George Alagiah.

Migration Museum at The Workshop Launch from Migration Museum Project on Vimeo.

Migration Museum at The Workshop

Our Migration Museum at The Workshop is now closed. We will be moving to an exciting new venue in Lewisham in 2020, where we will stage a dynamic programme of exhibitions, events and education workshops. The Migration Museum in Lewisham will open in February 2020 – more details to be announced soon. 

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Remembering Sir Ralph Kohn

We were deeply saddened to receive news of the passing of Sir Ralph Kohn, on 14 November 2016.

Sir Ralph Kohn was well known as an innovator in the pharmaceutical industry, an accomplished baritone, and a generous philanthropist. He set up the Kohn Foundation supporting medical, scientific, artistic, and humanitarian causes and organisations, and we were delighted that he also agreed to be one of the first distinguished friends of the Migration Museum Project. Ralph was a pivotal supporter of the Migration Museum Project, contributing financially both to our ‘Great Minds’ series of discussions, which shone a spotlight on the contribution that migrants have made to British intellectual life, and also to our Germans in Britain exhibition, memorably opened at the German Historical Institut by Neil MacGregor, then director of the British Museum. Ralph’s personal enthusiasm, energy and generosity will be sorely missed by us at the Migration Museum Project, as well as by a very much wider public whose lives he touched in so many ways.

Imprints: London Migration Walk

On Sunday 16th October 2016, over 120 intrepid walkers joined the Migration Museum Project for our inaugural Migration Walk –  an epic trek across London, from Cutty Sark in the east to Hyde Park in the west. The walk took approximately 9 hours, and covered 15 miles, and through the unpredictable weather, our expert guides illuminated hidden stories of migrants and refugees, following in the footsteps of those who have shaped the city throughout history.

Thank you to all who took part, and contributed towards our fundraising goal of £20,000, which which will support future activities, such as a new exhibition, and our long term goal of creating a new national Migration Museum. We’re incredibly close to reaching our goal, if you’d like to help us achieve this, please donate here.

If you took part in this walk, we would love your feedback on your experience, and how we may be able to improve the walk in the future. Please take a moment to fill out this short anonymous survey.

If you would like to take part in a guided section of the walk with a group of up to 15, we are able to organise a specifically tailored experience which would be perfect as a corporate team building activity, or to entertain clients. In order to facilitate this and to contribute towards our fundraising, we would request a donation of £1,000. Please contact Andrew@migrationmuseum.org for more information.

Please see the gallery below for some images from the walk.