Exhibition

Call out for NHS singers to participate in our 2023 Heart of the Nation installation

Do you work for the NHS (or previously did) and love to sing? The Migration Museum is looking for up to 8 people to take part in an exciting project that highlights the extraordinary role that people with migrant heritage have played in shaping and sustaining the NHS – and caring for us throughout our lives. Read more
Moving Stories: Lewisham – a creative competition for ages 9–18

The Migration Museum has an exciting opportunity open to all young people aged 9-18 in Lewisham during London Borough of Culture 2022. Moving Stories: Lewisham is a creative competition inviting you to design an exhibit exploring migration and what it means to you. You will have the chance for your ideas to be seen and your voice amplified. Winners will work with a range of creative professionals to build your display for thousands to see Read more
Migration Museum shortlisted for Lewisham Mayor’s Business Awards 2022

The Migration Museum has been shortlisted in the Best Visitor Attraction category at the Lewisham Mayor’s Business Awards 2022. Please vote for us by Friday 21 October. Read more
Migration Museum receives funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund

We’re delighted to have received funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund for our project ‘Connecting Lewisham to its Migration Heritage’. Read more
Join our People’s Panel and People’s Network

The Migration Museum is looking for people to be part of our People’s Panel and Network, helping to establish our community engagement values and practices in Lewisham and beyond. Read more
Our statement on the invasion of Ukraine and the refugee emergency

© Guy Corbishley, from our 100 Images of Migration exhibition

We know that statements alone are not enough. We all have a duty, individually and collectively, to provide support, sanctuary and welcome for people of all nationalities and backgrounds displaced by the current situation – and by other conflicts and crises around the world. Read more
A note about Achim Borchardt-Hume

It is with profound sadness that we share news of the death of Achim Borchardt-Hume, one of the Migration Museum’s longest standing and most committed Distinguished Friends. Read more
Calling all Lewisham artists and designers: Design our ‘Migrant Makers Market’

PLEASE NOTE: THE ENTRY DEADLINE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY HAS NOW PASSED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED ENTRIES. We have an opportunity for Lewisham artists and designers to design our ‘Migrant Makers Market’ in 2022. The ‘Migrant Makers Market’ will be a cause-led concept store and makerspace launching in… Read more
Departures: 400 Years of Emigration from Britain – Partner Stories

Departures: 400 Years of Emigration from Britain – Partner Stories is a national series to accompany the Migration Museum’s Departures exhibition and podcast series. British emigration is one of the largest mass movements of people in modern history – and emigration stories resonate across the UK. We’ve partnered with museums and galleries across the country… Read more
The Walk – Lewisham welcomes Little Amal

The Migration Museum was part of the welcome for Little Amal, a giant puppet of a Syrian refugee, to Lewisham on Friday 22 October 2021. 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