Press coverage
View the latest press coverage of the Migration Museum by clicking on the links below. Please visit our Press release page to view and download our latest press releases.
For image and filming requests and all other media enquiries, please contact Matthew Plowright (matthew@migrationmuseum.org, +44 7585 117 924).
World Bulletin – London exhibition showcases art by Calais refugees (03/06/2016)
‘A London exhibition featuring the stories of refugees who live in the infamous “Jungle” camp in Calais, in northern France, opened its doors to visitors Thursday. The Call me by my name exhibition organized by the Migration Museum Project aims to raise awareness on refugees and the individual stories behind the refugee crisis.’
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Huck – This exhibition will challenge your misconceptions of the Calais ‘Jungle’ (02/06/2016)
‘A new exhibition displays work from those camping in Calais, volunteers and emerging artists, forcing us to reconsider both the diluted identities of migrants, and our own high-brow preconceptions of art.’
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i: The Calais refugee artist who will never see his work on display (27/05/2016)
‘Next month, the Migration Museum will be displaying artwork produced by refugees in Calais and across Europe. Yasir* is very unlikely to see his work displayed, Genevieve Roberts explains.’
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International Business Times – Meet the Sudanese refugee artist painting the migrant crisis in the Calais ‘Jungle’ (24/05/2016)
An interview with one of the contributors to our Call Me by My Name: Stories from Calais and Beyond exhibition.
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Artsy – Is There a Responsible Way to Make Art about Syria? (22/04/2016)
‘The Migration Museum Project, which hopes to launch the first museum dedicated to exploring migration to and from the United Kingdom, will open an exhibition this June that highlights the plight of refugees, even incorporating work made by migrants living in the notorious Calais migrant camp that has been dubbed “the Jungle.”‘
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Museums Journal – Migration Museum hits £5,000 crowdfunding target for refugee exhibition (13/04/2016)
The Migration Museum has raised more than £5,000 through crowdfunding towards its upcoming refugee crisis exhibition, which will open in June.
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Museums Journal – Museums urged “to do migration differently” (09/11/2015)
‘Museums have been urged “to do migration differently” by addressing contemporary issues and avoiding clichés.’
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Irish Post – Ireland’s migration tale is being told in London (25/08/2015)
‘It is fair to say that Ireland’s relationship with Britain can come under the umbrella of “complicated” – and what better way to explore it than look at the migration of the Irish into Britain over the 20th century.’
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Independent – The Huguenot Exhibition: ‘Heretics’ who made Britain their home (05/08/2015)
‘An exhibition of artworks by Huguenot refugees sheds light on the history of cross-Channel migration, writes Boyd Tonkin’
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The Guardian – Is it time Britain had a museum of immigration? (04/08/2015)
‘Paris has one. New York has one. Could an immigration museum combat the widespread ignorance surrounding this centuries-old issue?’
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The National – Exhibition tells the untold story of how German immigrants helped shape British life (07/07/2015)
‘The latest stage in a project that aims to challenge popular perceptions of immigration and emigration in Britain got under way in Edinburgh yesterday with the opening of an exhibition featuring Germans and their lives in Scotland.’
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The Times – Germans in the spotlight at migration exhibition (03/07/2015)
The Irish boosted Scotland’s shipyards with manpower, the Italians brought their restaurants and Asians set up the corner-shop culture. Yet it is the Germans who will be in the spotlight at a migration exhibition in Edinburgh.
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Buzzfeed – This Online Exhibition Shows 100 Photos Of Britain’s Migrant Communities Through The Years (26/05/2015)
A selection from our 100 Images of Migration exhibition featured by Buzzfeed.
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BBC East Midlands – East Midlands council leaders voice migrant concerns (06/03/2015)
‘At the University of Leicester, there’s been a remarkable exhibition of photographs charting the impact of immigration on Britain and the city itself.’
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BBC Leicester – Leicester migrants reflect on stories of how they came to the city (15/11/2014)
‘Images portraying different aspects of migration in England have been on display in Leicester as part of a project being researched at the University of Leicester. The 100 images from the Migration Museum Project inspired visitors and listeners to BBC Radio Leicester to share their own stories of how they came to Leicester to work, study, escape conflict, or to live with family and friends.’
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BBC Asian Network – Hackney exhibition portrays 100 years of migration (23/06/2013)
A new exhibition seeks to give a window into a century of migration both into and out of Britain.
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The Economist – An inconvenient truth (22/06/2013)
‘An exhibition to change Britons’ views of immigration is launched.’
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The Guardian – 100 Images of Migration: journeys of the century (11/06/2013)
Photographs charting 100 years of migration tell touching stories of identity, community, suffering and hope
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The Guardian – 100 Images of Migration (11/06/2013)
‘Migration to and from Britain over the last 100 years is the subject of a touching exhibition at Hackney Museum in partnership with the Migration Museum Project. 100 donated images document the vast range of experience from those seeking work, refuge or education to those leaving for a new life overseas.’
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Hackney Gazette – Migration tales told at Hackney Museum (07/06/2013)
Tales of hardship and achievement will be told through a new exhibition about migration in and out of Britain over the last 100 years.
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