Refugee Week 2024

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This Refugee Week, explore the rich stories of migration within Royal Museums Greenwich's collection, centred around the theme 'Our Home'. Find out about the complex issues that migrants face today and celebrate the culture and heritage of communities that have migrated to London.

Royal Museums Greenwich is taking part in Refugee Week to recognise and understand the difficulties for refugees, and look at the need for compassion, not just to ourselves but to all our human neighbours and our one shared home, planet Earth.

Programme:

Our Home (16th June) - Book Now 
Venue: Queen's House
A day of creativity, discussion and performance, in collaboration with arts organisation Creating Ground CIC. 

From film screenings and musical performances to poetry workshops and art sessions, join us at the Queen's House for a day of community and creativity to mark Refugee Week. 

Centered around the theme, ‘Our Home,’ this event has been created in collaboration with arts organisation, Creating Ground CIC. Founded in 2016, Creating Ground CIC works with women from migrant backgrounds to promote cross-cultural awareness, learning and sharing across different communities in South-East London.

Screening of Io Capitano (19th June) - Book Now 
Venue: Cutty Sark
Join Cutty Sark for a free screening of Io Capitano, hosted in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and visit a special installation on the topic of missing migrants.

 

 

 

* Suitable for all ages

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