“Today this England team has made Englishness and patriotism itself an idea not that some of us are ashamed of but that all of us can be proud.”

A Museum Crush feature on Heart of the Nation, including an interview with exhibition curator and our head of creative content Aditi Anand.

Our Migration Museum in the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre was featured as a case study in a Museums Journal feature on how museums can play a role in the transformation of Britain’s high streets (requires Museums Association membership to view)

Our Head of Learning and Partnerships Emily Miller writes in the Museums Journal on the role that museums can play in being forums for conversation away from our increasingly polarised public discourse

‘A Lewisham museum has launched a new digital exhibition shining a light on the 72-year history of migrants working in the NHS.’

Contributors to our Heart of the Nation exhibition featured in a documentary by Ireland’s Newstalk exploring the story of the women who left Ireland to train and work as nurses in England during the second half of the 20th century.

‘Osbert Parker’s multimedia, multi-layered film for the Migration Museum traces more than 400 years of emigration from Britain.’

Sky Sports News featured the Migration Museum’s Football Moves People campaign in the run-up to the Euro 2020 final.

The Migration Museum’s Football Moves People campaign featured in an article in French football magazine SoFoot on what Gareth Southgate and the England team at Euro 2020 represents.

“The squad has transformed culturally since the last time the English were champions. I’m rooting for the future it represents.”

British High Commissioner to Australia Vicki Treadall highlights our Football Moves People campaign in an op-ed ahead of the Euro 2020 final.

“A recent graphic promoted by the UK’s Migration Museum shows a stark picture of what England’s starting 11 would look like without immigration over the past two generations. With only three players without a parent or grandparent born overseas, the national team is held up as a microcosm of a diverse, multicultural population.”

The Guardian’s liveblog featured our Football Moves People line-up graphic in the run-up to kick off of England’s Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark. 

The Guardian featured our Football Moves People campaign’s England Without Immigration line-up graphic in its live blog during the build up to England–Scotland match at Euro 2020.

“As the Migration Museum has pointed out, most of the team’s players have parents or grandparents born outside the country. Unlike their World Cup-winning predecessors in 1966 and the team in 1996, when England hosted the European Championships, they are not wholly, or overwhelmingly, white.”

A feature on our Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS exhibition in the January edition of The People’s Friend magazine.

Robyn Kasozi, our Head of Public Engagement, was a guest on the Quarantini Podcast, speaking about Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS.

The Voice previews our Departures exhibition, exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain.

“In England’s semifinal against Denmark, seven of its starters were born abroad or had a parent or grandparent who was born overseas, according to the Migration Museum in London.”

Positive News featured the Migration Museum’s Heart of the Nation exhibition in its round-up of what went right this week.