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🌍 Exploring how migration has shaped who we are – as individuals and as nations. 🕰️ Open Thurs–Sat, 11am–5.30pm Website: migrationmuseum.org Shop: shop.migrationmuseum.org
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Join us for our final Late in Lewisham! It is just a week away — you'll get to explore our exhibitions after hours, get creative, and enjoy great food & drinks. Plus, hear all about our exciting future plans! 🌙🍹✨🕺🏽 #MuseumLate 📅 Thurs 13 March | 6 – 8pm Book your free ticket here: bit.ly/3EM3H9x

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Don’t miss our last Late in Lewisham! Explore our exhibitions after hours, get creative, enjoy great food & drinks, and chat with us about our future plans and how you can be part of them. 📅 Thursday 13 March 2025 | 6 – 8pm Free – book here: bit.ly/3EM3H9x

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Want to know how our community-curated exhibition came to life? This feature dives into our approach to co-creation, the #CommunityCurators who shaped Inside/Outside and All In Between exhibition, and how we’re building a #MigrationMuseum with and for the community. 📖 Read it here: bit.ly/3EOwJpe

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Great to see Angelica Dass's Humanae project in the @theguardian.com! Her work questions the concept & language used to talk about race by showing just how colourful humans really are–come see it at the All Our Stories exhibition @migrationmuseum.org And read the full article here: bit.ly/41kAMSL

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Free online CPD from @britishlibrary.bsky.social Learning & Historical Assoc on February 13! Join Dr Yasmin Khan, @justice2history.bsky.social, and Head of History Emma McKenna, for fresh ideas and resources on South Asian migration to Britain in the 19th century. Book here: bit.ly/4gvYjVd

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📚✨ Our brilliant learning team has been keeping busy and is fully booked with primary school workshops until we close on 30 March! ✨📚 Our interactive learning space and inspiring acclaimed major exhibition, All Our Stories, have been an unforgettable learning experience for so many.

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✨ Join us for a special Late at the Migration Museum on Feb 27 ✨ Hear from our Community Curators and local migrant artists through a panel discussion, live performance, and explore our exhibitions after hours. Learn more and book: bit.ly/40BqrjL

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Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧✨ As we welcome the Year of the Snake, we celebrate with the incredible work of Kim Chin, a 2nd-gen artist with Filipino, Chinese & Jamaican roots. Her art honours her ancestors' courage and legacy. 📸 courtesy Kim Chin, © Independent Samsung Photo by Camilla Greenwell

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We're really sad to announce that our time in Lewisham Shopping Centre comes to an end on Sunday 30 March. We've had a fantastic run, building lasting friendships & connections. Thank you @landsec.bsky.social for enabling us to host our museum in a unique venue in the ♥️ of this incredible community.

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🏆 Exciting news! We've been nominated for a Digital Culture Network Award for driving impressive revenue growth in our online shop through social media advertising campaigns. A huge thank you to the #DigitalCultureNetwork team for this incredible recognition!

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✨ Thrilled to share that All Our Stories: Migration and the Making of Britain has been featured as one of the biggest exhibitions to see this winter by @londonist.com earning a glowing ★★★★★ review! 👀 Read the review here: bit.ly/4gYH3Jq #MigrationMuseum #AllOurStories #LondonExhibitions

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❤️‍🔥 Inside/Outside and All In Between (PHASE TWO) opens today! ❤️‍🔥 Led by 5 curators connected to #Lewisham , this exhibition explores migrant identity through film, photography, installation, and more. 🖌️ Artwork: Angelina Duke Alexander Learn more: bit.ly/3Sa9I3R

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Happy New Year! Start 2025 by tuning in to our brilliant artistic director, Aditi Anand, who featured on the latest episode of Archive on 4 on BBC Radio 4. Don’t miss it! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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✨ It's your last chance to visit us in 2024 🎄 We're open everyday until Sun 22 Dec. Do your festive shopping in our award-winning shop and explore our #AllOurStories and #InsideOutside exhibitions. 🕰️ 11am–5.30pm (5pm Sun) FREE ENTRY We'll then be closed for the rest of 2024, reopening 2 Jan 2025 ✨

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Today we celebrate #MigrantsDay, honouring the contributions of migrants worldwide. The migration stories of people in these photos are featured in our #AllOurStories exhibition & past displays. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Tom Tse & sister Sophie Tse, courtesy of Tom Tse 💃 Dell & Cathy at Irish Dancehall, photo by Roy Mehta

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Excellent team trip to the fantastic @migrationmuseumuk.bsky.social today. Their work is vital and very accessible and we're looking forward to collaborating. All Our Stories contains remarkable testimonies, including this more lighthearted one. What an icon. (The grandma, that is).

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The Migration Museum is open daily 12-22 December. Check out All Our Stories: Migration & the Making of Britain and the prize-winning shop while learning about the Museum's ambitious plans for a permanent, purpose-built facility in the City of London from 2027. 1/2 @migrationmuseumuk.bsky.social

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

Great visit to @migrationmuseumuk.bsky.social today, exciting to see how they’re highlighting stories of migration to Britain and building connections with communities through co-curation!

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📢 Exciting News! We’ve received a new funding award from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help develop our collections and strategy as we prepare to move to the City of London in 2027. 🏛️✨ 📸© Elzbieta Piekacz 📸© Hamish Irvine

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Great to hear Angela Hui discussing her Chinese Takeaway exhibit, part of our #AllOurStories exhibition, on Start the Week @bbcradio4.bsky.social this morning, with historian @dranniegray.bsky.social & urban planner Victoria Payne on all things high street. Listen here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Christian Sinibaldi's portrait of Allyson Williams MBE (left) is shortlisted for #PortraitofBritainAwards! This work is part of his commission for our Heart of the Nation exhibition, highlighting the contributions of people from all over the world who’ve worked in the #NHS over the past 75 years

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Last week, we held our 2024 Annual Lecture, in which @sundersays.bsky.social , Director of @britishfuture.bsky.social , set out 6 key signposts for how we can use the history of #Immigration to foster more constructive conversations about its future. Listen to the full lecture here: bit.ly/3Cv8cEp

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“If we’re seeking a British story of migration that goes beyond polarisation, how we rewrite the story matters. It’s not about replacing 1 dominant narrative with another, it’s about weaving more stories into the tapestry.”[email protected] of @britishfuture.bsky.social for our Annual Lecture

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We’re thrilled to congratulate our Artistic Director, Aditi Anand, for being named on the #blooloop50 Museum Influencer list for 2024! 💫 Read more about Aditi’s recognition: tinyurl.com/4mz83d2n

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