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Visiting the Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up

Please note: The Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up is now closed. Thank you to everyone who visited. We hope to be back in Leeds soon. In the meantime, you can keep in touch with us by signing up to our mailing list.

How to find us
Opening hours
Group visits
Family visits
School, college and university visits
Accessibility
Contact us

How to find us

The Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up is based in Trinity Leeds, on G Floor (opposite Boots and close to the entrance from Bond Street and Albion Street).

Train and Bus: We are a 5-minute walk from Leeds train station and close to bus stops on Boar Lane and in City Square. 

Bike: Trinity Leeds has a free bike park located at the nearest entrance to the Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up on Albion Street. Open 8.30am–7.30pm daily.

Car: Trinity Leeds car park has 630 spaces, including 14 accessible parking bays, 13 electric charging bays and 8 bays for parents. Please note that the car park is card only. For a list of parking tariffs and charges, please visit the Trinity Leeds website.

Opening hours

Please note: The Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up is now closed. Thank you to everyone who visited. We hope to be back in Leeds soon.

Admission: Free – no booking

Group visits

Please get in touch with us in advance if you are planning to bring a group to visit our pop-up museum by emailing us at info@migrationmuseum.org.

Family visits

The Migration Museum Leeds Pop Up is a welcoming space for families. We have created a family trail that you can use to explore the museum together with your children. Please ask a member of staff for the trail and more information when you arrive.

School, college and university visits

Due to the small size of our pop-up museum, we are not able to accommodate formal learning group visits. If you are a teacher or lecturer, please get in touch with our Learning Manager Liberty Melly to find out more about virtual sessions, teacher CPD and resources: liberty@migrationmuseum.org.

Accessibility

The Migration Museum Leeds Pop-Up is accessible for wheelchair users. If you have specific questions about access requirements, please contact us at info@migrationmuseum.org.

Contact us

For more information, please email us at info@migrationmuseum.org.

Migration Museum awarded Museum of Sanctuary status

The Migration Museum has been awarded Museum of Sanctuary status.

The Museums of Sanctuary initiative celebrates organisations who go above and beyond to welcome people seeking sanctuary into their communities and promote a culture of inclusion for all.

To be awarded this status, organisations must demonstrate an existing commitment to welcoming and supporting sanctuary seekers and then pledge to develop this even further over the next three years.

Announcing the award, Ashley Beckett, London Co-ordinator and Arts and Libraries Lead, said: “The Migration Museum has a history of championing stories of people on the move and how important they are to British society. It is a great honour to give them a Museum of Sanctuary Award for all the stories they have told and the work they continue to do to put people with lived experience of seeking sanctuary at the heart of their work.”

Mona Jamil, Museum Manager at the Migration Museum, said: “We are delighted to be recognised for our commitment to sanctuary seekers in Britain today. Through the themes we cover in our creative outputs, the partnerships we forge, and the people we work with, the Migration Museum has demonstrated an ongoing engagement with people seeking sanctuary. Our incredible team have worked on projects that platform and celebrate the experiences of sanctuary seekers, and we look forward to developing our activities following guidance from the City of Sanctuary UK awarding team.”

These recommendations included:

• More formalised training with all staff around some of the sensitivities of people with lived experience in seeking sanctuary.
• Using the Migration Network to foster best practices for museums and galleries in the Sanctuary Network. 
• Sharing a toolkit for how to do effective co-production when planning programming and values for a museum and gallery.

Mona Jamil added: “We look forward to further developing our work and practice in line with these recommendations and to working closely with our fellow museums, galleries and organisations within the Sanctuary Network to further welcome and support people seeking sanctuary and promote a culture of inclusion for all.”

Find out more about City of Sanctuary UK and the Sanctuary Awards