5 January, 2024
Please note: this survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete it – we really appreciate it and your feedback will be invaluable in helping us shape our future offer.
After a 10-year journey, the Migration Museum has been given the green light to develop a new permanent home in the City of London (EC3), close to the Tower of London and Aldgate.
Our new, much larger museum, which we hope to open in 2027, will encompass interactive temporary and permanent exhibition galleries, a flexible learning suite and an event space, outdoor areas, a cafe/restaurant and shop. It will enable us to deliver a wide programme of events, activities, training and volunteering opportunities. Our plans also include a national network of venues and a new digital platform. We are delighted to be able to remain in our current temporary venue in Lewisham for at least another two years. Our Leeds pop-up museum is open until 18 February 2024.
In developing our new museum, we want to ensure that our current audiences are considered from the start. We would love to hear from you about your experiences and preferences to inform our plans.
This survey should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete – thank you for your time.
As a further thank you, everyone who completes a survey will receive a code to get 10% off orders in our award-winning online shop, and will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 gift voucher.
27 November, 2023
In 2022, the Migration Museum established our People’s Panel and People’s Network to co-produce our core community engagement values.
By building a community engagement strategy from the ground up, our members have shaped the museum’s values, objectives and influenced the activities that will shape our programme moving forward. Our ultimate goal is to mainstream community engagement and consultation into every aspect of the museum.
We now want to share our learnings far and wide, and encourage others to undertake processes of co-production in community engagement work.
This toolkit has been fully co-produced by members of our People’s Panel and Network and offers a selection of ‘top tips’ and learning from the People’s Panel and Network, as well as templates to inspire and support others in their community engagement work.
The toolkit is available as an open-access resource to support co-created community engagement projects.
Click here or on the cover image below to view and download the toolkit
If you’d like a high-resolution version of this toolkit, please email us at: info@migrationmuseum.org
Find out more and get in touch
We hope that you will find this toolkit useful and inspiring – and we’d love to get your feedback and suggestions. Please get in touch with us at info@migrationmuseum.org.
If you’d like to know more about our People’s Panel and Network, you can also read this evaluation of the project by Louise Doherty, Lecturer and Programme Convenor for the MA Applied Anthropology, Community and Youth Work/Community Development/Community Arts programme at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Click here to view and download an evaluation of our People’s Panel and Network
And watch this space for the next phase of our community engagement work.
Acknowledgments
This evaluation was supported by funding from Goldsmiths, University of London as part of their Civic Catalysts participatory research programme and made possible with the National Lottery Heritage Fund – thanks to National Lottery players.
Big thanks to all People’s Panel and Network members, in particular to the authors of this Toolkit: Edward Adonteng, Priscilla Okoye and Eric Tang. Thank you to Louise Doherty of Goldsmiths for evaluating the project and for all of your input into this toolkit.
And massive thanks to Shania Janine Saldi for creating this beautiful toolkit. You can view more of Shania’s brilliant design work on Instagram: @shania.desi9ns.
Top image: Photo by Nancy Singh
