Exhibition

Migration Museum reopens on Thursday 3 December

The Migration Museum is reopening to the public from Thursday 3 December. We will be reopening four days a week in the run-up to Christmas: Thursdays–Sundays, from 11am–5pm. Come and visit our new critically acclaimed exhibition Departures, our temporary exhibition Humanae and our shop.

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Departures – our new podcast exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain

Departures is a new podcast from the Migration Museum exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain. We are releasing new episodes fortnightly from Thursday 26 November. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Read more
Aditi Anand wins Museums Change Lives Radical Changemaker Award

We are delighted to announce that Aditi Anand, our head of creative content, has won the Radial Changemaker award at the Museums Association’s 2020 Museums Change Lives Awards. Read more
Reopening: what we’re doing to keep you safe

© Migration Museum (Artwork: Wall © STIK/Thierry Noir)

The Migration Museum is reopening to the public from Thursday 3 December. Here are the measures we’ve taken to keep visitors, volunteers and staff safe. Read more
Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS – new digital exhibition launches

Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS, our new digital exhibition shining a light on the stories and experiences of people who have come to Britain to work in the National Health Service (NHS) over the past 72 years, is now live.

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Migration Network 2020/1

The Migration Network is a knowledge-sharing network bringing together organisations from across the UK heritage sector and beyond, featuring a series of regional knowledge-sharing events from Autumn 2020 onwards. Read more
Migration Museum closed until further notice

The Migration Museum will be closed to the public for at least four weeks from Thursday 5 November 2020, in line with the new government restrictions in response to the rapid rise in the number of Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases. Read more
Heart of the Nation – digital exhibition and Spotify partnership

We’ve partnered with Spotify to create a playlist celebrating 72 years of the NHS to mark the announcement of our first major digital exhibition, Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS. Read more
Our reopening plans

© Migration Museum (Artwork in foreground: Wall © STIK/Thierry Noir)

The Migration Museum aims to reopen in autumn 2020 with the launch of our new exhibition, Departures, exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain. Read more
Windrush Day 2020: EVEWRIGHT takeover and #Windrushtome

For Windrush Day 2020, artist EVEWRIGHT took over our Instagram to share details of his new project, Tilbury Walkway of Memories, and throughout the day we shared personal perspectives on what Windrush means to people across our social channels, using the hashtag #Windrushtome. Read more

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Exhibition

Call me by my name gallery

Huguenot Exhibition at Boughton House

Keepsakes Gallery

100 Images of Migration Gallery