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Our new major exhibition
12 September 2024 – 20 December 2025
Open: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 11am–5.30pm
Free admission – no booking

Extended Holiday Hours: 12th December – 22nd December 2024:
Open Monday to Sunday, 11am – 5:30pm (5pm close on Sunday)

Please note: we will be closed from 23rd December 2024 until 2nd January 2025

“Ever since the first Jute, the first Saxon, the first Roman and the first Dane leaped off their boats and planted their feet on British mud, we have been a migrant nation. Our roots are neither clean nor straight; they are impossibly tangled.” – Robert Winder, Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

Migration often hits the headlines and sparks heated political and online debates. But if you dig deeper, there’s an underlying story of people coming and going, stretching back many centuries.

The movement of people across the ages has profoundly shaped our landscapes and cities, our diets and fashions, our language and culture, and our ideas and beliefs. The story of migration goes to the heart of who we are today. And we all have a personal connection to this story. What’s yours?

All Our Stories brings together the Migration Museum’s work over the past decade, alongside new stories and artwork that highlight just how central migration is to our lives.

Come with us on a journey as we explore the reasons why people migrate, experiences of arriving and settling and questions of identity and belonging.

We do not claim to tell the whole story of migration to and from Britain – but seek to encourage reflection, start conversations and gather ideas as we move towards our permanent home in central London.

Your journey begins here…

Funders
Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Dr. Marten’s Foundation, Kusuma Trust and the Linbury Trust

Please see our Exhibition page for more information, including a full list of exhibition contributors.

Image: iStock/Orbon Alija
Exhibition ident design: AWMA