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Migration Museum

Opening hours

10am — 5pm Daily (from June 5)

Closed Christmas Day

Where are we

82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide, 5000
A short stroll from Rundle Mall, behind the State Library.

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Admission is FREE.
Some events & exhibitions are chargeable.

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Migration Museum

There’s always something happening at the Migration Museum: exhibitions, education programs, talks, tours and more. Come in and see what’s on.

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A short stroll from Rundle Mall, behind the State Library.

Find us

82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide

Daily 10am — 5pm
Closed Christmas Day

What’s happening at the @migration_museum

  • ‘My brother ran from England to Canada, where he became a Canadian and had a good life. I did not run from the UK initially, until I realized that my own family could not have the life my wife and I wished for them. So, a running from, and a running to, commenced. The painting does not show the joy of arriving in Australia. It deals only with the need to depart from the past.’ – Ian Henderson, 2010. The artist Ian Henderson depicts in his painting ‘Boys running – Cheltenham’ his and his brothers departure from home in Cheltenham, UK. Their mother waves goodbye from a house in the background. Ian and his family migrated to Adelaide in 1972. Oil painting, HT 2011.0021 #MigrantStories #MigrationMuseumCollection
  • ‘Cassette tapes evoke a nostalgic feeling in me. They are from a time before mobile phones and Spotify. I remember sitting next to my Hi-Fi tower on a Friday afternoon when the radio played the Top 20 songs of the week. My finger hovered over the pause button of my cassette tape recorder ready to release it not to miss recording the start of the next song. It was super annoying when the radio jokey kept talking into the songs.' Curator Birgit. This cassette from our collection is a mix-tape of Yugoslav music. It belonged to a member of the tamburaski orchestra Obilic. Members of this music group arrived in Australia from former Yugoslavia in the late 1940s, and began playing together at public events and on radio and television from the 1950s until the 1980s. HT 2009.0070, cassette tape #MusicMonday #MigrationMuseumCollection
  • This is how the objects from the 'British Migrants: Instant Australians?' exhibition travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide earlier this year. Together with a digital storyline they give us insights into personal migrant experiences. Come and visit us to have a closer look and discover the stories behind the objects. #BehindTheScenes #MigrantStories
  • This diary was written by Peggy Bass during her migration to Australia from the UK in 1954. The family travelled on the 'Otranto' over the Christmas period. Peggy notes for the 24 December: ‘Christmas Eve and the weather very warm. Quite unnatural. Now in the first half of the Suez….The children have just realised its Xmas Eve and are beginning to get excited. Fred and I went down to the baggage room and got their Christmas presents out and hid them in a suitcase.’ What are your migration memories? Diary, HT 2019.0099 #MigrationMuseumCollection #MigrantStories

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The Migration Museum and History Trust of South Australia acknowledges the First Nations peoples of South Australia, whose connection to country and living cultures began in time immemorial and continues to the present. We affirm our commitment to advancing reconciliation.