Austria is located at a European crossroads, an intersection of developed and less developed regions, and the junction of East and West. The fact of being a land of immigration has not been adequately reflected in Austrians’ self-image. One aim … Continue reading →
For centuries people have immigrated from far and near to Berlin. This fact is not new for many “Berlin old-timers”, because their ancestors belonged to the earlier migrants. Today around 440,000 people of non-German heritage live in the city. Most … Continue reading →
Amira, 15 years Berlin-Charlottenburg, 2002. Photographer: Nihad-Nino Pusija Entertainment – children’s Carnival of World Culture in Görlitzer Park. Berlin, 2002. Photographer: Rais Khalilov Photographic Impressions (July to November 2002) The exhibition invites us to reflect on this question through the … Continue reading →
Moving Lives, migration, work and identity in Manchester’s Caribbean communities opened on Saturday 13 April 2002. Museum staff worked closely with the communities to establish themes and develop displays for the exhibition. Moving Lives uses photographs, people’s possessions, recordings and … Continue reading →
Hamburg and Migration Hamburg has grown great and rich by trading around the globe. The mercantile and industrial development of the city would not have been thinkable without the creativity of many immigrants. Hamburg likes to present itself as a … Continue reading →
An exhibition about families from mainly Yugoslavia, Turkey and Pakistan who came in the 1960s and 1970s to work in Danish industries. A three-year-old girl from Yugoslavia is accompanied by her grandmother to Denmark in 1968 to be reunited with … Continue reading →
Humans. In twenty-one locations around Sweden the Museum of Work has started a collaboration between immigrant organisations, working – life museums and study groups. By working together the local groups have depicted migration into their locality. During the summer of … Continue reading →
