About the Project
March 2025 marked the kick-off for Moving Europe – Negotiating Legacies of Migration at the Museum. Throughout this two year long project, EuroClio will work alongside the University of Hildesheim, a network of migration museums across Europe, and students who will research local histories of migration at the museum.
Our partners on this project are: University of Hildesheim (Migration Lab), Young Islam Conference in Berlin, Museum of Italian Emigration in Genoa, Emigration Museum in Gdynia, History Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo, Migration Museum of Denmark in Farum, Multicultural Center in Stockholm.
Project aims
Moving Europe aims to empower museums, school teachers, and young people to explore and negotiate legacies of migration by directly involving members of migration communities. Unpacking different experiences and historical legacies of migration, especially those rooted in European colonial history, will help us better understand its impact and consequences on various groups in society. The project seeks to increase awareness about the complexities of migration and invites the general public to address stereotypes, prejudices, myths and misconceptions about migrants.
The migration museums will partner up with school history teachers and invite their students to participate in local and international youth activities where students will lead research projects on histories and experiences of migration. Applying a tested methodology based on place-based learning to promote youth agency, museums will form the centre of students’ learning experience. Students will use this research to co-create exhibitions, podcasts and a trans-European source collection.
Expected outcomes
- International peer-learning events for museum educators and school teachers.
- Local youth programmes with public local exhibitions.
- International youth programme with museum visits.
- Job-shadowing museum residencies.
- Research on stereotypes and myths about migrants.
- A guide for educators on how schools can partner with museums to create youth-led research projects on migration history.
Latest Updates
We have launched a call for authors for the development of a Moving Europe Guide for Educators. You can find out more here.
