10 August, 2017
Truly sorry to hear the news, earlier this week, of the death of Martin Roth, ex-director of the V&A, a distinguished friend of the MMP and a huge source of support, sound advice and inspiration to us, as he was to many in the arts and heritage world. The German foreign minister described him well when calling him ‘a cultural visionary and a true fighter for tolerance and openness to the world’. He will be sorely missed.
To read more, visit these pages for an obituary and an appreciation.
20 July, 2017
On the 10th May 2017 we were delighted to welcome 500 supporters to celebrate the opening of our new venue, Migration Museum at The Workshop. Guests enjoyed a wonderful performance by Yasmin Kadi, as well as talks by distinguished friends, Lord Alf Dubs and George Alagiah.
Migration Museum at The Workshop Launch from Migration Museum Project on Vimeo.
5 April, 2017
Our Migration Museum at The Workshop is now closed. We will be moving to an exciting new venue in Lewisham in 2020, where we will stage a dynamic programme of exhibitions, events and education workshops. The Migration Museum in Lewisham will open in February 2020 – more details to be announced soon.
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24 November, 2016
We were deeply saddened to receive news of the passing of Sir Ralph Kohn, on 14 November 2016.
Sir Ralph Kohn was well known as an innovator in the pharmaceutical industry, an accomplished baritone, and a generous philanthropist. He set up the Kohn Foundation supporting medical, scientific, artistic, and humanitarian causes and organisations, and we were delighted that he also agreed to be one of the first distinguished friends of the Migration Museum Project. Ralph was a pivotal supporter of the Migration Museum Project, contributing financially both to our ‘Great Minds’ series of discussions, which shone a spotlight on the contribution that migrants have made to British intellectual life, and also to our Germans in Britain exhibition, memorably opened at the German Historical Institut by Neil MacGregor, then director of the British Museum. Ralph’s personal enthusiasm, energy and generosity will be sorely missed by us at the Migration Museum Project, as well as by a very much wider public whose lives he touched in so many ways.
