Major funding secured! 🏛️💛 We’re thrilled to share that the @wolfsonfdn.bsky.social has committed £600,000 as a Founding Partner to help make our new permanent home in the City of London a reality. We're one step closer to bringing the UK’s missing museum to life in Spring 2028! 🧵👇 📸 Unknown Works

Know a young Londoner (14-19 y/o) with big ideas? 🏛️✨ @migrationmuseum.org is looking for 10 passionate young people to join our paid Young People’s Panel. You'll help shape events programming and the way we work with young people in our new museum!👇

Want a taste of our deep-dive tours? This June, we’re partnering with London Festival of Architecture for an exclusive 1-hour walking tour uncovering the incredible stories of the migrants that have lived, worked and left their mark on the City of London. Spaces fill up fast! Dates & links below 👇

As the @migrationmuseum.org works towards opening its permanent home in the City of London in 2028, they are taking a collaborative approach from the very beginning - creating a People’s Panel to help shape the museum’s future alongside staff and partners. 🏛️❤️

Calling all teachers, educators, learners – and anyone who wants to engage with themes of migration sensitively and with confidence: We are delighted to share our new Teaching Migration History Toolkit, co-produced with @britishlibrary.bsky.social.

Migration Museum and British Library launch new Teaching Migration History Toolkit

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Teaching Migration History Toolkit, co-produced with the British Library. Developed with the help of teachers, this toolkit combines practical tips f...

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Tickets going fast! 🔥 Join our popular Migrant Women walking tour: from the City to the East End. Previously sold-out and back by demand, this tour is led by Tawana, one of our interns who is behind the research and development of this tour! 🧵 Find out more: www.migrationmuseum.org/events/migra...

We are proud to support @localhistoryhub.bsky.social's #LocalHistoryDay Our Learning Manager Tia Shah explores why teaching local history is a great way of engaging young people on migration – and highlighting some digital resources to get you started: www.migrationmuseum.org/why-teaching...

Why teaching about local history matters

The Migration Museum is proud to support the Local History Hub’s first ‘Local History Day’ for schools. A day for young people to explore the people, places, stories and objects connected to their loc...

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News | @migrationmuseum.org reveals members of its new ‘People’s Panel’ 🔗https://museumsandheritage.com/advisor/posts/migration-museum-reveals-members-of-its-new-peoples-panel/

Don't miss out on Early Bird tickets for HA Annual Conference. Highlights include a keynote on 'Workers and the making of the modern world'; Teaching Migration Histories; and teaching students to think historically in an age of generative AI. @migrationmuseum.org www.history.org.uk/aboutus/news...

Historical Association Conference 2026 in Newcastle

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A museum only exists through the stories it holds. To make sure ours belongs to everyone, we’re building it with the people who live them. 🏛️✨ Meet our People's Panel: www.migrationmuseum.org/newpeoplespa... A selection of People's Panel Portraits: Elzbieta Piekacz

Last month we celebrated a major milestone: the topping out of our future home at 65 Crutched Friars. This was a special construction marker and an occasion to recognise that Britain’s first permanent Migration Museum is now moving from vision to reality! Photos: Mike O’Dwyer

We’re delighted to feature our story discs project at the #MovedToCare exhibition! Join us at the launch this Thursday evening to say hi and fill in a disc. Prompts range from "I migrated here" to "My grandparents migrated here" and more. Hope to see familiar faces and make new friends! ✨

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Join us for the launch of Moved to Care, exploring how migration has shaped nursing. Hear from activists, artists and nursing pioneers, then explore the exhibition and activities with the RCN and @migrationmuseum.org teams. 🌍✨ Book your spot: https://bit.ly/4pSGp4z #MovedToCare

Explore queerness, migration & heritage with Imogen Patel in a Design Your Own Identity Postcard workshop. Define how you wish to be seen — send the postcard to yourself or someone else. 📍 Part of our Queer Migration Stories pop-up at the Royal Maritime Museum’s Fierce Queens evening.

The Migration Museum has made named a top-3 finalist for the national Cultural Enterprises Awards for Best Visitor Experience. This bodes very well indeed for 2027-28 when the Museum is due to reopen, in its permanent home in the City of London. Many congratulations @migrationmuseum.org ! 1/2

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The story of movement into and out of the UK

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Destination: Love 💌 🗺️ People migrate for many reasons — safety, family, and new beginnings. Today, we’re sharing a few story discs shared by visitors that remind us how often love is the lead. Swipe to read. #Valentines

These are a few of the many personal stories shared with us by visitors and exhibition contributors that are connected to the Holocaust and where persecution led in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.

⭐ Free workshops for Tower Hamlets schools! ⭐ We're excited to offer free workshops for KS2-5 students and teacher training. If you’d like to find out more, you can email our Learning Manager tia@migrationmuseum. This initiative is generously funded by the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation.

Celebrate LGBTQIA+ history month with the Migration Museum and Royal Museums Greenwich this February! Dive into chosen families, queer family trees and identity postcards in an exciting evening of storytelling and creativity.

Huge congrats to our Front of House team for being shortlisted for Best Visitor Experience at the Cultural Enterprises Awards 🎉 This recognises the care, warmth, and community-led work of our staff & volunteers. Wish us luck!

🏮 We’re delighted to be joining @londonmuseum.bsky.social for a family-friendly Lunar New Year Festival. Introduce your little ones to the rich and diverse traditions celebrated across cultures and countries.

Read the full Mixed-Heritage Young People’s Education Experiences in London Report here: issuu.com/portaltrust1...

Mixed-Heritage Young People’s Educational Experiences in London An Exploratory Study

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Mixed-heritage students are one of the fastest-growing groups in the UK — yet often invisible. The new report from Portal Trust and the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London shows their challenges. Our Learning Manager, Tia Shah, explains why this work matters.

Mixed-heritage students are one of the fastest-growing groups in the UK — yet often invisible. The new report from Portal Trust and the School of Education, Communication and Society at King's College London shows their challenges. Our Learning Manager, Tia Shah, explains why this work matters.

Today we mark International #MigrantsDay by reflecting on moments from our past exhibitions — festive, everyday, and full of life ✨ Ones that carry a quiet sparkle, much like the journeys of the people at their heart. Photos: courtesy of Suyin Haynes, c. 1970s courtesy of Dr Nitha naqvi, c. 1980s

🌍 Help shape a new Migration Museum for Britain! We’re looking for 30 community-minded people to join our People’s Panel in London. Paid Feb 2026–Dec 2027. 📸 Photo: Sopo Ramischwili

Can you imagine arriving in the UK on Christmas Day? In this week's #MigrationStories we explore a story of personal migration. Do you have a migration story you'd like to share?

"If we use the history well, it could help us to live well together and embrace a changing idea of ‘us’, in which everybody’s voice can be heard." – Sunder Katwala (@sundersays.bsky.social) #MigrationMuseum

Join artist Haleema Aziz for a workshop to create an artwork for the @rcnlibraries.bsky.social's upcoming exhibition about migration and nursing. 📆 5 Dec, 4 - 5.30pm, Oxford Circus (Free) ⭐Particularly aimed at nursing and healthcare staff with experience of migration. Learn more: bit.ly/4oLAVYH

Partner with us! Planning a festival or community event in 2025 or 2026? We can bring stories, activities, and displays that celebrate migration and get people talking... Photos: Elzbieta Piekacz, Sopo Ramischwili

Do you know the story behind your surname? In this week's #MigrationStories

In this week's #MigrationStories