About the exhibition

Our new major exhibition
Migration Museum
Lewisham Shopping Centre, London SE13 7HB
12 September 2024 – 20 December 2025
Free admission – no booking

“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…

Acknowledgments

Every exhibition at the Migration Museum is co-produced with hundreds of people. Thank you to all those listed below as well as many others who helped shape All Our Stories and the previous exhibitions that fed into this one. 

Artists and Photographers
Andy Barter, Angélica Dass, Becky-Dee Trevenen, Charlie Phillips, Chris Barrett, Chris Porsz, Chris Steele-Perkins, Christian Sinibaldi, Colin O’Brien, Daniel Castro Garcia, Dawn Parsonage, Hannah Ajala, Ella Krispel, Emmanuel Sugo, Evewright, Habib Sadat, Hannah Rose Thomas, Hester Yang, Howard Davies, Issam Kourbaj, Jenny Matthews, Jiro Osuga, Kaia Laurielle, Kajal Nisha Patel, Karen Arthur, Kate Anderson, Keymea Yazdanian, Laurie Hill, Lisa Ebert, Liz Gerard, Louise Daneels, Mary Turner, Maryna Sulym, Maya Ramsay, Nadina Ali, Nick Ellwood and Kamal Kaan, Osbert Parker and Luke Ramsay, Paul Trevor, Rachelle Romeo, Raju Vaidyanathan, Rob Pinney, Rob Szeliga, Shorsh Saleh, Sue McAlpine, The Singh Twins, Tim Smith

Storytellers
Abhijay Ranjan, Adil Akram, Adjoa Manu, Ahmad al-Rashid, Alvin Chung, Amanda Hilton , Amel, Andrew Meyerson, Angela Hui, Anh Ming, Andrey Sidelnikov, Antonia , Antonio Nigro, Asma Khan, Atakan Mercan, Awesome Oyebmiji, Babita Sharma, Bassel Hariri, Bushra Nasir, Carlton Cummins, Carolina Caicedo, Cathy Robinson, Cheng Luo, Chris Mak, Cliff Walsh, Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley, Dima Karout, Dimple Devadas, Dinusha Dissanayake, Doreen Bourne, Geraldine Maidment, Grace Paseda , Gulzar Waljee, Hamid Shazhad, Hamza Habib, Hargundas Khanchandani, Herman Ouseley, Izzy Obeng, Jael de la Luz , Jennifer Lo, Jun Chan, Jessica Cruz-Hutchings, Juan Delgado, Karamat Iqbal, Karlie Wu, Lea, Lem Lem Haile, Leonardo Alvarado, Lilian, Lisa Lee, Lisbeth Cyriac, Louise Garvey, Mais Peachey, Malgosia Stepnik, Maria Pintado, Mary Barrett, Marysya Rudska, Michael Donkor, Minh Chu, Monica Moscarello, Morris Marah, Muharrem Bora, Muhayman Jamil MBE, Naaman Azhari, Nami, Nasrin Rooghani , Neena Jha, Nicola Turner, Olena, Olive York, Petronio Demillo, Polly Deechuson, Rachel Man, Rita Ohri, Sainabu Jagne, Shan Selvendran, Sir Stephen Sedley, Sonia Quintero , Sophie Herxheimer, Stelio Stefanou, Sukhphal Singh Ahluwalia, Tara Lehmann, Tom Tse, Tew Bunnag, Thais Almeida, Ultan Cowley, Veena Rao, Wen Ying Lee, Winnie Nip, Yaneise Ramos, Yohini Nadakumar 

Story collectors
Amar Patel , Eva Tausig, Fatou Marong , Lucia Scazzocchio, Margarita Novikova, Maryna Sulym, Sonia Kneepkens and Fan Sissoko (Comfort Food), Zeynep Yıldırım

With thanks to
AVID (Association for Visitors in Detention), Bishopsgate Institute, BNO Hongkongers Oral History Team, Dr Michaela Benson, Four Corners and Swadhinata Trust, Idil Asan, Jewish Museum London, Reunite Families UK, Wiener Holocaust Library, Wonderhood Studios 

Curatorial and Exhibitions
Aditi Anand, Angela Hui (Takeaway installation) , Ghaf Tajmohammad, Sue McAlpine

Design
Exhibition Identity design: AWMA
Graphic design: Andy Bone, Daniela Zaharieva, Kalina Norton
Digital design: Raül Leiva, Deepreel, Eight Arms
Interactive design: Clay interactive
Sound design: Bill Bingham

Installation
Anita Lanzetta, Bill Bingham, Dio Dunbar, Evie Anderson, Gabrielle Lisk, Gareth Morris-Davies, Huilin Zhang (Lin), InDepth Studios, Isabella Spira, Joel De Mowbray, Joshua Persaud-Walters, Lauren Walker, Max Burstyn, Mike Abrahams, Mingjia Ma, Rui Zhou, Sathyan Chiriyankandath, Syeda Fatima, Xin Li (Monique), Yingfei Zhu (Erin), Zeynep Yildirim

Funders

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

Lead image: iStock/Orbon Alija
Exhibition ident design: AWMA
Gallery shots: Elzbieta Piekacz