Video

No Turning Back: Seven Migration Moments that Changed Britain

A video showcasing our exhibition No Turning Back: Seven Migration Moments that Changed Britain. Read more

Migration Museum 2017 Annual Lecture with Gary Younge

Journalist and author Gary Younge looks at how immigration is understood in the current age and what the consequences are in terms of migration, social anxiety and democracy. Read more

George Alagiah at the launch of Migration Museum at The Workshop

BBC newsreader and journalist George Alagiah, one of our Distinguished Friends, spoke at the launch of the Migration Museum at The Workshop in May 2017. Read more

Migration Museum at The Workshop Launch

Highlights of the launch party for our Migration Museum at The Workshop. Read more

Audio

Oxford Education Podcast – Migration: Enrich Your KS3 History Curriculum
Aaron Wilkes and Shalina Patel discuss how effective teaching of migration can enrich your Key Stage 3 curriculum, with insights from Liberty Melly and Tia Shah from the learning team at the Migration Museum. What do students gain from studying migration at KS3? How has historical scholarship on migration changed in recent years? What is the impact of new research on how we should teach the topic? Read more
Departures podcast: 400 years of emigration from Britain
Departures is a new podcast from the Migration Museum exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain. Read more
Annual Lecture 2024 – Sunder Katwala asks: ‘Does the history of migration shape its future?’
For our 2024 Annual Lecture, Sunder Katwala, Director of the thinktank British Future, asked us to consider: if we engage and educate people about the history of immigration, how much can we hope or expect to change how we talk and think about its future? Listen and read the full transcript of Sunder’s lecture. Read more

Publications

Migration and Museums – a review for the Migration Network 2020/21
The Migration Museum commissioned a review to provide an overview of migration-related work being undertaken by museums and heritage sites nationally, to explore some of the motivations for the museum sector to address migration and the challenges faced in doing so, and to provide an initial basis and context for participants in the Migration Network 2020/21 to explore further. Read more
Signposting to refugee and asylum seeker support organisations in London
A downloadable guide featuring a selection of organisations supporting refugees and asylum seekers in London. Read more
Exploring how migration changes the places where we live
Migration has a major impact on local communities. In a series of videos produced as part of Migration Making Places, Making People: New Narratives of Inclusion, a partnership project between COMPAS, The Open University, the Migration Museum Project and Counterpoints Arts, key policymakers, researchers and practitioners discuss issues ranging from solidarity to challenges migrants face and… Read more