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Historical Association Conference 2026 in Newcastle

Don't miss out on Early Bird tickets for HA Annual Conference. Highlights include a keynote on 'Workers and the making of the modern world'; Teaching Migration Histories; and teaching students to think historically in an age of generative AI. @migrationmuseum.org www.history.org.uk/aboutus/news...

How they’ll be shaping our future:

📝 Migration Stories: Preserving community histories for our collection
📝 Events: Co-producing our public programme and developing our events strategy
📝 Permanent Home: Designing our visitor experience and spatial layout

Supported by @citybridgefndn.bsky.social this project brings together over 50 brilliant individuals with lived experience & connections from the City of London, Tower Hamlets, and Lewisham. They will act as a "critical friends" to ensure the museum truly reflects the people it serves.

An image featuring a grid of 18 individual headshots, arranged in three rows of six. Each person is centered and facing the camera with various expressions, ranging from wide smiles to neutral gazes. They are of diverse ages, genders, and race, wearing a variety of casual clothing including sweaters, hoodies, and collared shirts. The background for every portrait is a consistent, colorful mosaic wall with a repetitive geometric pattern in shades of blue, red, and green.

A museum only exists through the stories it holds. To make sure ours belongs to everyone, we’re building it with the people who live them. 🏛️✨

Meet our People's Panel: www.migrationmuseum.org/newpeoplespa...

A selection of People's Panel Portraits: Elzbieta Piekacz

To learn more about supporting the move, you can email supporters@migrationmuseum.org

We are grateful to our partner and developers, Dominus whose own leadership by Sukhpal Ahluwalia reflects a migration story of entrepreneurship and contribution. Thank you also to the team at McAleer & Rushe who are delivering the building and to the City of London who awarded planning permission.

The 'topping out' is a kick-start to the next phase of our very ambitious capital fundraising appeal. If you believe in the importance of building a more cohesive national conversation about migration through world-class galleries, learning spaces and more, contact us and become part of this legacy.

At a time when migration is too often discussed through the language of crisis and division, we will offer a place for shared stories, learning, and representation. Our museum will recognise that migration is not a footnote to British history, but part of the stories and tapestries of all of us.

A group of approximately 15 people wearing white hard hats and neon yellow safety vests stand on the rooftop of a construction site for a topping out ceremony. They are posing behind a blue pedestal branded with "Dominus" and "McAleer & Rushe." Above them, a crane hoists a large concrete block bearing the McAleer & Rushe logo. Modern London skyscrapers are visible in the background.

A high-angle wide shot of a multi-story building under construction at 65 Crutched Friars in London. The concrete frame is largely complete, with blue safety netting on lower levels and several blue construction cranes towering over the site. In the background, the iconic "Gherkin" skyscraper and other City of London high-rises are visible under a cloudy sky.

Last month we celebrated a major milestone: the topping out of our future home at 65 Crutched Friars. This was a special construction marker and an occasion to recognise that Britain’s first permanent Migration Museum is now moving from vision to reality!

Photos: Mike O’Dwyer

We’re delighted to feature our story discs project at the #MovedToCare exhibition!

Join us at the launch this Thursday evening to say hi and fill in a disc. Prompts range from "I migrated here" to "My grandparents migrated here" and more.

Hope to see familiar faces and make new friends! ✨

Celebrating Queer Migration Stories

Find out more about Imogen's workshop and the wider event: www.migrationmuseum.org/events/celeb...

Explore queerness, migration & heritage with Imogen Patel in a Design Your Own Identity Postcard workshop. Define how you wish to be seen — send the postcard to yourself or someone else.

📍 Part of our Queer Migration Stories pop-up at the Royal Maritime Museum’s Fierce Queens evening.

Our permanent home - Migration Museum The story of movement into and out of the UK

The Migration Museum has made named a top-3 finalist for the national Cultural Enterprises Awards for Best Visitor Experience.

This bodes very well indeed for 2027-28 when the Museum is due to reopen, in its permanent home in the City of London.

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Destination: Love 💌 🗺️

People migrate for many reasons — safety, family, and new beginnings. Today, we’re sharing a few story discs shared by visitors that remind us how often love is the lead. Swipe to read. #Valentines

#HolocaustMemorialDay is an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside millions more murdered through Nazi persecution of other groups and where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

We collect these stories to create space for reflection on how lives and families have been shaped by migration, and the lasting impact of this history.

We invite you to share your own migration story in the comments below.

These are a few of the many personal stories shared with us by visitors and exhibition contributors that are connected to the Holocaust and where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

Correction: to contact our Learning Manager, please use:
⭐ tia@migrationmuseum.org ⭐

A female teacher stands at the front of a bright room, speaking to a seated group of children wearing yellow shirts. Many children have their hands raised as if answering a question. Large photographs hang on the wall behind the teacher, and sunlight comes in through a window on the left.

⭐ Free workshops for Tower Hamlets schools! ⭐

We're excited to offer free workshops for KS2-5 students and teacher training. If you’d like to find out more, you can email our Learning Manager tia@migrationmuseum.

This initiative is generously funded by the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation.

Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched... Unapologetic! Join our fierce queens, kings and everyone in between to celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month at the Queen's House

This is not one to miss!

🔗 www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...
📍 Royal Museums Greenwich
🗓 Friday 27th February
⏰ 7:00pm - 11:00pm
🎟 £18

Photos: Migration Museum

We are excited to be participating in the 'Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched... Unapologetic!' programme, which includes: a full cabaret show with drag king and queen Adam All and Apple Derries. stories from the Queer History Club and a gallery takeover by Bold Mellon Collective

A group of people sat around a table which has an array of different crafts, cut up paper and images, they are smiling and laughing with each other

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ history month with the Migration Museum and Royal Museums Greenwich this February!

Dive into chosen families, queer family trees and identity postcards in an exciting evening of storytelling and creativity.

A volunteer from the migration museum is shown in a purple jumper having a conversation with two visitors, a women in a red coat on her right and an elderly women on her left who appear happy and interested

This is not one to miss! Tap the 🔗 in our bio to find out more...

📍 Royal Museums Greenwich
🗓 Friday 27th February
⏰ 7:00pm - 11:00pm
🎟 £18

Photos: Migration Museum

We are excited to be participating in the 'Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched... Unapologetic!' programme, which includes: a full cabaret show with drag king and queen Adam All and Apple Derries. stories from the Queer History Club and a gallery takeover by Bold Mellon Collective

This is not one to miss! Tap the 🔗 in our bio to find out more...

📍 Royal Museums Greenwich
🗓 Friday 27th February
⏰ 7:00pm - 11:00pm
🎟 £18

Photos: Migration Museum

This LGBTQIA+ history month we are excited to be participating in @royalmuseumsgreenwich's 'Fierce Queens: Unframed, Unstitched... Unapologetic!' programme, which includes: a full cabaret show. stories from the Queer History Club and a gallery takeover by Bold Mellon Collective

While we are currently not open to the public, we can’t wait to welcome you to our permanent home in the City of London in 2028. Get the latest updates on our journey by signing up for our newsletter here: www.migrationmuseum.org/mailinglist/

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.

We’re grateful to everyone who has visited, shared their stories, and supported the museum — your curiosity and enthusiasm have always inspired us and made our work so rewarding.

Learn more and view the full shortlist here: bit.ly/3NMBmV0

Huge congrats to our Front of House team for being shortlisted for Best Visitor Experience at the Cultural Enterprises Awards 🎉 This recognises the care, warmth, and community-led work of our staff & volunteers. Wish us luck!