Event listing
All Our Stories – Migration and the Making of Britain
When
Sep 12, 2024 - Dec 20, 2025Where
Migration Museum,
Migration Museum, Lewisham Shopping Centre,
London,
London SE13 7HB
Summary
Our new major exhibition
Migration Museum
Lewisham Shopping Centre
London SE13 7HB
12 September 2024 – 20 December 2025
Free admission – no booking
“Ever since the first Jute, the first Saxon, the first Roman and the first Dane leaped off their boats and planted their feet on British mud, we have been a migrant nation. Our roots are neither clean nor straight; they are impossibly tangled.” – Robert Winder, Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain
Migration often hits the headlines and sparks heated political and online debates. But if you dig deeper, there’s an underlying story of people coming and going, stretching back many centuries.
The movement of people across the ages has profoundly shaped our landscapes and cities, our diets and fashions, our language and culture, and our ideas and beliefs. The story of migration goes to the heart of who we are today. And we all have a personal connection to this story. What’s yours?
All Our Stories brings together the Migration Museum’s work over the past decade, alongside new stories and artwork that highlight just how central migration is to our lives.
Come with us on a journey as we explore the reasons why people migrate, experiences of arriving and settling and questions of identity and belonging.
We do not claim to tell the whole story of migration to and from Britain – but seek to encourage reflection, start conversations and gather ideas as we move towards our permanent home in central London.
Your journey begins here…
Funders
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Dr. Marten’s Foundation, Kusuma Trust and the Linbury Trust
Please see our Exhibition page for more information, including a full list of exhibition contributors.
Image: iStock/Orbon Alija
Exhibition ident design: AWMA