East London Lines – Lewisham’s Migration Museum celebrates Ireland on St Patrick’s Day (17/03/2023)
The Migration Museum in Lewisham celebrated St Patrick’s Day by taking visitors on a story-telling tour of the museum.
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Arch Daily – 3XN Designs New Migration Museum in Central London (28/02/2023)
3XN, a Copenhagen-based studio centered around cultural architecture, has just received the green light from the planning committee for their design of the new Migration Museum.
ReadMuseums Journal – Migration Museum secures permanent home in City of London (24/02/2023)
Purpose-built space for first UK museum dedicated to the movement of people
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City AM – Migration Museum gets new home in Square Mile as refugee developer stumps up 60-years rent-free space (22/02/2023)
A multi-million pound development in the Square Mile will give a new home to the Migration Museum and provide hundreds of affordable apartments.
ReadArchitects’ Journal – 3XN wins approval for student tower and new migration museum in CityArchitects’ Journal (22/02/2023)
The Migration Museum, currently based in Lewisham in south-east London, will take up 3,100m² over three floors. Developer Dominus, the scheme’s backer, said it would provide the space free of rent and service charges for the first 60 years.
ReadTime Out – The Migration Museum is getting a permanent home in the City of London (22/02/2023)
A multi-million-pound plan has been approved to build the museum a dedicated space
South London Press – Migration Museum to relocate from Lewisham to new City of London home (21/02/2023)
The Migration Museum has been given the green light for a permanent home in the City of London.
ReadBBC News – Museum of migration to move permanently to City of London (21/02/2023)
A multi-million-pound plan has been approved to build the museum a dedicated space
ReadEvening Standard – City of London backs multi-million pound plan for Migration Museum in heart of capital (21/02/2023)
A multi-million pound plan to build a new home for the Migration Museum in the heart of the City has been approved.
ReadLondonist – 11 cheap and free things to do in London this week (16/01/2023)
Londonist featured our Memories of Ukraine photography talk in its weekly highlights list.
ReadMuseums Journal – Culture sector gears up for Windrush 75 (04/01/2023)
Our Artistic Director Aditi Anand was quoted in a Museums Journal feature about the cultural sector’s plans for the 75th anniversary of Windrush.
ReadBBC Radio London – Salma El-Wardany’s breakfast show (13/12/2022)
Our Artistic Director Aditi Anand gave BBC Radio London a tour of our Taking Care of Business exhibition.
ReadThe Athletic – France and England. Football teams created by immigration. Countries confused by it (10/12/2022)
The Athletic’s Dominic Fifield spoke to the Migration Museum for a feature on migration and football ahead of the men’s World Cup quarter final between England and France (requires subscription to read).
ReadLondon on the Inside – We Are All Connected (28/11/2022)
London on the Inside featured We Are All Connected ,our exhibition of works by six Ukrainian artists, as one of its ‘Exhibitions You Need to See Right Now’.
ReadELLE – 41 Of The Best Autobiographies To Get Stuck Into (03/11/2022)
An ELLE magazine feature on 41 of the best autobiographies included Angela Hui’s Takeaway and mentioned the Chinese Takeaway installation she curated in our Taking Care of Business exhibition.
ReadBBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour – Sejal Majithia and Sejal Sachdev (21/10/2022)
BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour programme interviewed Sejal Mjithia and Sejal Sachdev, organisers of a day-long Ugandan Asians – A Living History event at the Migration Museum (starts at 40’46)
ReadEastern Eye – Ugandan Asians – A Living History to organise Diwali event to mark 50th anniversary of 1972 expulsions (18/10/2022)
A day-long event featuring diverse programmes, including storytelling related to the Ugandan experience, will be held at the Migration Museum on October 23.
ReadTime Out – The Story of the Windrush Children’s Workshop (04/10/2022)
Time Out London included author Kandace Chimbiri’s Story of the Windrush children’s workshop as one of its recommended Things To Do during Black History Month.
ReadThe Migration Oxford Podcast: Innovation to Immigration (13/09/2022)
Aditi Anand (Artistic Director, Migration Museum) takes us on an extended tour of the immersive Taking Care of Business exhibition and introduces us to the stories behind migrant businesses we often don’t get to hear.
ReadLondonist – The 18 Biggest Exhibitions To See In London: Summer 2022 (15/07/22)
“This is another fab exhibition from what’s fast become one of our favourite museums.” – A five-star review of our Taking Care of Business exhibition by Tabish Khan of Londonist
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