Resources

Resource List: Museums and Archives

London

The Museum of Immigration

19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields

A fascinating building, which is only open on special occasions because it is so fragile. Includes 'Suitcases and Sanctuary', the special exhibition exploring the history of waves of immigration that shaped Spitalfields, seen through the eyes of today's children.

See website www.19princeletstreet.org.uk/openings.html

The Museum of London

London Wall, EC2Y 5HN Tel: 020 7 6000 3699

Includes 'Moving here', a new project which charts 200 years of immigration to England. www.movingHere.org.uk is a huge database of photos, maps, objects, documents and audio items relating to migration in the last 200 years. It also includes a useful 'Tips for teachers' section.

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/

Liverpool Street Station

A sculpture commemorating 10,000 Jewish children who arrived via the Kindertransport from Nazi Germany and other parts of Nazi occupied Europe was recently launched outside the station where many first arrived. The sculpture consists of a giant glass suitcase containing artefacts that some of the children brought with them to England in their own suitcase.

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