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Migration Museum shortlisted for Visitor Welcome Awards at M&H Awards 2025

A huge congratulations to our Front of House team for being shortlisted for the Visitor Welcome Award at the Museums + Heritage Awards. Read more

Our closing date in Lewisham

Sunday 30 March 2025 will be our final day open to the public at our current venue in Lewisham Shopping Centre. Read more

National Lottery Heritage Fund to support Migration Museum’s collections and curatorial strategy development

departures and arrivals exhibit at the Migration Museum

The Migration Museum is delighted to have received funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to support the development of our collections, curatorial and interpretation strategy in advance of our move to our permanent home in the City of London in 2027. Read more

Migration Museum shortlisted for Lewisham Mayor’s Business Awards 2024

The Migration Museum has been shortlisted in the Best Visitor Attraction category at the Lewisham Mayor’s Business Awards 2024. Please vote for us by Monday 7 October. Read more

Latest News

The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’

The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from these shores across the centuries has shaped who we are. Read more
Migration Museum partners with museums and galleries to launch new UK-wide Community Curators programme

The Migration Museum is partnering with five museums and galleries across the UK to launch a new programme bringing diverse voices, lived experiences, and perspectives into the creation of a series of displays and creative outputs exploring migration themes in 2027 – and the Migration Museum’s new permanent home in 2028. Read more
Join the Migration Museum’s Community Curators Programme

Find out more about the Migration Museum’s UK-wide Community Curators Programme, in partnership with five museums and galleries across the UK and how to apply. Application deadline: 23 August 2026. Read more
Migration Museum at the Backyard Biennial: East

We are excited to be part of Backyard Biennial: East, a free, summer arts festival initiated by Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with more than 40 local partners across East London. We are running three activities during the festival: a participatory embroidery workshop exploring football, migration, race, and belonging led by Nicole Chui; a migration walking tour of the East End; and inviting visitors to share migration stories with us.

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Migration Museum partners with Hay Festival to share speakers’ migration stories

The Migration Museum is proud to have partnered with the Hay Festival to bring you the personal migration stories of some of the brilliant speakers at this year’s celebration of literature, arts and culture – featuring Julia Gillard, David Miliband, Kamila Shamsie, Liv Little, Tahmima Anam and Kirsty Lang. Read more
Migration Museum and British Library launch new Teaching Migration History Toolkit

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Teaching Migration History Toolkit, co-produced with the British Library. Developed with the help of teachers, this toolkit combines practical tips from the Migration Museum’s expert learning team with primary source examples from the British Library to offer a practical guide to teaching about migration in your classroom. Read more
Introducing our new People’s Panel: putting people at the heart of our new permanent home

We are delighted to introduce our new People’s Panel, who will be helping to shape key aspects of our new permanent home in the City of London. Read more
Migration Museum shortlisted for Best Visitor Experience at Cultural Enterprises Awards 2026

A huge congratulations to our Front of House team for being shortlisted for the Best Visitor Experience at the Cultural Enterprises Awards. Read more
Migration Museum wins Museums + Heritage Visitor Welcome Award

We’re thrilled that the Migration Museum’s Front of House team has won the Visitor Welcome Award at the 2025 Museums + Heritage Awards. Read more
Portal Trust becomes inaugural donor of Britain’s first permanent Migration Museum

The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that the Portal Trust has become an inaugural donor of its new permanent home in the City of London. Read more