Press coverage
View the latest press coverage of the Migration Museum by clicking on the links below. Please visit our Press release page to view and download our latest press releases.
For image and filming requests and all other media enquiries, please contact Matthew Plowright (matthew@migrationmuseum.org, +44 7585 117 924).
Anadolu Agency – Museum in UK showcases success stories of migrant entrepreneurs (26/04/22)
“The Migration Museum in London is higlighting the legacy of migrant entrepreneurs to the UK at a time when the country is attempting to send asylum seekers to the East African nation of Rwanda.”
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BBC Radio London – The Carrie and David Grant Show (23/04/22)
The Migration Museum’s Matthew Plowright appeared on The Carrie and David Grant Show on BBC Radio London to talk about our Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain exhibition.
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Bradford Telegraph & Argus – Looking back at Bradford’s 90s daytimer rave music movement (23/04/22)
A feature in the Bradford Telegraph & Argus on 90s daytimers as featured in our Taking Care of Business exhibition, including an interview with Aditi Anand, Artistic Director of the Migration Museum.
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The Guardian – Best photographs of the day (21/04/22)
The Guardian selected a photo of our Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain exhibition as one of its photographs of the day
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The Times – From corner shops to chain stores, migrants helped build this country (15/04/22)
Harry Wallop writing in the Times about our Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain:
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Africa News – Migration Museum exhibition dedicated to migrant entrepreneurs opens in London (11/04/2022)
The Migration Museum in London is opening an exhibition dedicated to migrant entrepreneurs in the UK, spanning from brands like Deliveroo to local business owners.
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London on the Inside – A Migrant Makers Market is Coming to Lewisham (30/03/2022)
“In celebration of migrant-owned businesses, the Migration Museum in Lewisham is launching a new concept store dedicated entirely to selling products from migrant makers.”
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Time Out – What’s On in April (28/03/22)
Time Out selected our Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain as one of the best events, exhibitions and things to do in London in April.
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Time Out – Lewisham’s Migration Museum has received a large donation from a migrant businessman (03/03/22)
An Indian entrepreneur has gifted the institution £25,000.
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Kent Live – I visited the Lewisham Migration Museum and discovered both painful and joyful stories (23/01/22)
“The debate on migration has become polarised with heated talk about immigration in recent years while Britain’s emigration continues to be overlooked. But there’s a hidden treasure located in Lewisham’s shopping centre that’s shining a light on those stories – the Migration Museum.”
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FAD Magazine – The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions To See in London in 2022 (15/01/22)
FAD Magazine selected our Departures exhibition as one of the top 5 exhibitions to see in London in 2022
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Writer’s Mosaic – Our Story Worth Telling (22/12/2021)
“With its uniqueness, without any masterpiece on display, without shimmering advertisement, the Migration Museum proves that every migrant’s voice is worth hearing.”
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Londonist – 18 Exhibitions To See This Summer In London And Beyond (03/08/2021)
“The news stories on migration often look at people coming to the UK but what about those who’ve left? A new display at this wonderful museum looks at people who’ve moved elsewhere over the last 400 years — from the Mayflower Pilgrims fleeing persecution, to the shameful deportation of Windrushers. There are lesser known stories too, such as Welsh emigrants who went to South America to form their own “little Wales beyond Wales”. The exhibition is creatively designed with departure boards and trollies carrying suitcases to give the place the feel of an airport.”
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The Athletic – “There is a sense that Englishness is not necessarily inclusive to all people born in this country” (20/07/2021)
A feature in The Athletic highlighting our Football Moves People and the ways in which it explores key questions of identity, representation and belonging.
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i – Unlike most migrants, British people can go where they please. It’s a dividend of empire they take for granted (14/07/2021)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores the impact of British emigration and our Departures exhibition in a long-read feature in the i newspaper.
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BBC – England football racism: Black and Asian fans ‘so proud’ of Southgate’s team (13/07/2021)
BBC News featured our line-up graphic for the Euro 2020 final from our Football Moves People campaign in an articles about Black and Asian fan responses to the England team and the racist abuse directed at some Black players at the end of the Euro 2020 final.
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Byline Times – A Pitched Battle (13/07/2021)
“As the Migration Museum so poignantly pointed out, more than half of the England team wouldn’t be playing in the national team if it wasn’t for immigration.”
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NBC – Black English players racially abused after Euro 2020 final penalty misses (12/07/2021)
“Seven of England’s starting 11 players against Italy had a parent or grandparent born overseas, according to the U.K.’s Migration Museum. The parents of Saka, 19, are from Nigeria, and those of Sancho, 21, are from Trinidad and Tobago. Rashford, 23, has grandparents from Saint Kitts.”
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Sky News – Euro 2020: Where is home? – England squad hailed as a ‘celebration of diversity and immigration’ (10/07/2021)
“Seven of the Three Lions players who started against Denmark have a parent or grandparent from overseas.”
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AP – Diverse England team wins fans in nation eager for good news (09/07/2021)
“The country’s hopes rest on a team very different from the all-white squad of 1966. A poster created by the Migration Museum showed what the England team would look like without the players who had a parent or grandparent born abroad: Just three of the 11 starting players remained. Missing were stars who included team captain Harry Kane, whose father is Irish; Marcus Rashford, whose mother is from Saint Kitts; Jamaica-born Raheem Sterling; and Bukayo Saka, a Londoner with Nigerian parents.”
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