Our Migration Museum at The Workshop featured by CNN as one of six stops on a “people’s history” tour of London.

Barbara Roche, our chair, writing in the Huffington Post, explains why our No Turning Back exhibition encapsulates what the Migration Museum for Britain that we are creating is all about –  providing a cultural space for exploration of how immigration and emigration across the ages has shaped who we are today as individuals, and as a nation.

An interview with Angélica Dass, whose Humanae project forms part of our No Turning Back: Seven Migration Moments that Changed Britain exhibition.

‘Amid uncertainty about the movement of people to and from the UK following the EU referendum, an exhibition presents pivotal moments in the nation’s migration history.’

‘Desde el pasado mes de abril, el barrio de Lambeth acoge el primer Museo de las Migraciones en el Reino Unido. El Museo de las Migraciones de Londres invita a humanizar el relato sobre los migrantes más allá de la escena política y mediática actual.’

‘What’s often overlooked is the reality of the migrant experience, steeped in ordinariness, and the cultural contributions that different diaspora groups have brought to the U.K. It’s this subject that the first exhibition by the Migration Museum, titled ‘100 Images of Migration’, seeks to show, especially in a post-Brexit country.

‘In the wake of Brexit, a new museum is encouraging visitors to remember their country’s rich migration history.’

‘The new Migration Museum in London may just put an end to Britain’s bloodline snobbery.’

‘Museums are working hard to create a deeper understanding of migration.’ (Subscription required to read the article)

‘The incredible true story of 31-year-old Majid Adin, an Iranian refugee animator behind a viral music video for one of Elton John’s most classic jams.’

‘According to the UN Refugee Agency, more than the entire population of the UK was forcibly displaced at the end of 2016. We are Facebook Live from the Migration Museum Project speaking with Professor Sir Richard Evans on the history of migration.’

‘It tells the ‘under-represented story’ of migrants and how they have shaped the British identity.’

‘Over Hugenoten, Jamaicanen en Syriërs; een nieuw migratiemuseum in Londen. Nu alleen nog zoeken naar een permanente vestigingsplaats.’

‘As migration sits at the centre of current debates concerning Britain’s identity and place in the world, the UK’s first dedicated museum about migration opens its doors.’

Londres, capitale cosmopolite. Pourtant, le projet de “musée des migrations” se cherchait un toit depuis trois ans. Il vient d’investir les murs d’une ancienne caserne de pompiers, dans l’attente d’un emplacement définitif. Les migrations, un thème omniprésent dans l’espace public, que ce nouveau lieu culturel souhaite mettre en perspective, en retraçant l’histoire des immigrés et émigrés qui ont façonné la Grande-Bretagne.

‘For all the talk about “immigrants” and “foreigners,” the country has never had a real conversation about the role of migration in shaping Britain. That is set to change with the opening of the Migration Museum in London, a bold new addition to Britain’s cultural landscape that seeks to tell the story of how migration has shaped Britain across the ages.’

‘It has been a long time coming, but Britain is finally getting an institution that reflects the heritage of its entire people.’

An op-ed written by our chair, Barbara Roche: ‘As immigration minister I visited the world’s migration museums and wondered why we had none. Finally we have one, and it couldn’t have come at a more important time.’

BBC South East Today ran a feature on our Migration Museum at The Workshop on its evening bulletin, with a particular focus on our Call Me By My Name exhibition. Click the link below to watch the video.

With national and international politics both drawing increasing attention to immigration, it’s the perfect time for London to get its own small museum dedicated to migration.