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From Squats to Soup Kitchens: The Care Networks of Migrant London

This post is written by Anika, one of the student researchers and guides who have developed our Migrant Women From the City to the East End walking tour as part of our placement programme. We often talk about migration as the point of arrival: who came, when, and from where – but that is only… Read more

Why teaching about local history matters

The Migration Museum is proud to support the Local History Hub’s first ‘Local History Day’ for schools. A day for young people to explore the people, places, stories and objects connected to their local area. In this blog post, our Learning Manager Tia Shah explores why teaching local history is such a great way of engaging young people on the topic of migration – and highlights some digital resources to get you started. Read more

Realising my own migration story

Aged 14 on holiday, wearing a t-shirt from Peru that was sent to me as a gift from my Auntie. Iquitos is the city my parents lived in, and the city where I was conceived before being born in Blackpool.

A guest post from filmmaker and creative Natasha Arciniega on realising her migration story while working with the Migration Museum on a film project as part of our Migration Network event at the Museum of Liverpool Read more