“You make a choice: it is better for me to die walking or die standing still?” In the 1990s, the first group of refugees from the Horn of Africa r...

28 February 2018 Here at the Migration Museum, we pride ourselves on offering a space in which locals and visitors alike can learn about South Austral...

Written By Corrine Ball | 31 March 2017 Australia’s first state secondary school for girls, the Advanced School for Girls in Adelaide, was estab...

Written By Catherine Manning | 24 March 2017 The Migration Museum in Adelaide is something of a hidden gem tucked behind the State Library on Kintore ...

By Corrine Ball | 17 February 2017 In 1881, Adelaide became the first Australian capital city to be connected to a water-borne sewerage system. By 187...

Written By Nikki Sullivan | 13 January 2017 Between 1880 and 1891 the hulk Fitzjames, colloquially known as ‘hell afloat’, served as a Reformatory...

Written by Corinne Ball | September 20th, 2016 In 1983, before the Migration Museum opened, an archaeological dig was undertaken on the Kintore Aven...

Written by Corinne Ball | February 29th, 2016 Curator Amy writes about a stylish hat in our collection This hat was designed by the Danish-born Aage...

Written by Corinne Ball | January 29th, 2016 Curator Corinne writes about an evocative and favourite artwork: At the Migration Museum we are lucky t...

Written by Corinne Ball | November 23rd, 2015 Curator Corinne writes about a shirt with an unusual history This astonishing garment is one of the mo...