Migrants‘ tales: Exhibition ‘People Movement Stories'

In the exhibition, twelve people tell the story of their migration to either Australia or the Netherlands. They share their motivations and give an insight into what happened during the journey and arrival in their new home, among other things. The exhibition connects these personal stories with official government documents, films and photographs. The visitors thus discover how the migration movement between the two countries changed over time and how migrants reshaped their lives after arrival.

The opening of the exhibition marks the kick-off of the expansion of the migrant.huygens.knaw.nl website to include five new stories and digitised collections from National Archives of Australia and National Archives of the Netherlands. Migrants leave traces in the collections of local, regional and national archives, both in the country of departure and in the country of destination. 

Within the International Heritage Cooperation Programme, the National Archives of the Netherlands is working with the National Archives of Australia to digitise these archives and make them accessible online. With the Migrant, Mobilities and Connection (MIGRANT) project, the Huygens Institute is developing methods to digitally connect these dispersed migrant collections.