Saturday 3 October, 11am–4pm | Free 
Venue: Royal Museums Greenwich, Queen’s House, Romney Rd, London SE10 9NF (Map)

Discover stories linked to migration in this creative festival, produced in collaboration with Migration Museum, Community Curators and the Royal Museums Greenwich.

Join us for a day of creative, intergenerational, and participatory workshops. You can add your voice to Migration Museum’s living archive of over 10,000 personal migration stories through our interactive story discs pop-up – and explore other elements of our work.

Across the site, you’ll find creative workshops and talks exploring how we can build solidarity with one another, including a panel moderated by Dr. Daria Valova-Lynch, Research Fellow at the Migration Museum, as well as activities that invite you to reflect on your own stories, histories and experiences of migration.

TIDES: (Intertidal) – Migration Festival is an ode to the ebb and flow of people who have moved around the globe for thousands of years. Through workshops, performances and screenings, the event acknowledges deeply layered stories of migration and forced displacement, while highlighting the political and personal undercurrents and counter currents.

This festival takes inspiration from the ‘Crossings’ display in the Queen’s House, which centres migrant voices.

We invite people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in TIDES. Together we can learn from each other’s experiences and create a better understanding of how migration intersects with our personal histories and collective humanity.

Find out more details about the programme of events on the Royal Museums Greenwich website.

Left to right: Community Curators Ching Wong, Amalia Syeda-Aguirre and Arbër Qerka-Gashi. Image: Migration Museum/Elzbieta Piekacz

Community Curators

TIDES is curated by the Community Curators, a collective initiated by the Migration Museum in 2024.

Consisting of Amalia Syeda-Aguirre, Arbër Qerka-Gashi and Ching Wong, the Community Curators are a collective of creative first and second-generation migrants and refugees,

They say: “Our curatorial practice seeks to uncover and amplify the lesser-told perspectives, emphasising stories of solidarity and collectivity. We celebrate the experiences, which we are told should bring shame, and strive to showcase the full spectrum of what is possible when we shift; both physically and spiritually.”

Find our more about Community Curators here.

Lead Image: ‘Crossing Border’ by Shorsh Saleh (ZBB0317), on display in ‘Crossings’ in the Queen’s House