Portal Trust is an inaugural donor of the UK’s first permanent Migration Museum in the City of London, generously providing £0.5m of funding over the next three years. Thank you for all of your support!

You can read the full report here: issuu.com/portaltrust1...

Our learning team creates spaces for young people to explore identity, share their stories, and connect their experiences to the wider history of migration to and from the UK. Through this work, we support educators in building learning experiences that genuinely resonate with all students.

At the Migration Museum, we share the personal stories that show how migration has shaped who we are — as individuals, communities and a nation. And invite reflection on what migration means to each of us, and how it continues to enrich our lives.

Moments of routine and ritual: preparing meals, marking celebrations, caring for family, finding a place to belong.

The people pictured here have generously shared their family’s migration stories, helping us tell a fuller story of migration in Britain.

Photos:
© Unknown, c. 1970s, Lillian Tan

Thank you for sharing our call out!

Panel members will:
🔎 Document & preserve migration stories
🎟️ Co-develop events & programming
🏛️ Shape visitor experience, food & drink, and spatial design

If you live, work, study, or organise in Tower Hamlets, City of London, or Lewisham, we want to hear from you!

📅 Deadline: 12 Jan 2026 (11:59pm)
➡️ Full details & application: bit.ly/3MKnvOu

🔗 Relive the lecture and explore the transcript here: bit.ly/48lnMjl

#MigrationHistory #Inclusion #MigrationMuseum

Chaired by journalist @rafaelbehr.bsky.social , the evening articulated how every voice can contribute in shaping “us.” Moments of connection, laughter, and shared purpose made the night unforgettable. 💛

Drawing on history and his own experience as the child of immigrants, Sunder reflected on control, contribution, and compassion, offering six signposts for building more thoughtful conversations about the future.

Thinking back to when we filled the room at Merchant Taylors' Hall with curiosity, conversation, and a shared sense of possibility… ✨ Sunder, Director @britishfuture.bsky.social, explored how the history of immigration shapes who we are.

We’re especially keen to connect in Lewisham, Tower Hamlets, the City, and nearby boroughs 🌍
📩 Interested?
Get in touch: [email protected]

#MigrationMuseum #Community #Partnerships #MigrationStories

We are excited to be partnered with Dominus on this development, connected by a shared belief that now more than ever we need an inspiring, permanent cultural institution that puts Britain's migration story at centre stage.

It was a real pleasure to join the Dominus team on site earlier this month.