Immigration & Identity

Ramadan intensifies the longing for familiar home-cooked meals for many migrant Muslims in London

How Asma Begum’s parents travelled from Bangladesh in the 1960s to build a life in London’s East End

Our collection highlights powerful stories of refugees seeking sanctuary in London while facing challenges

15 objects from our collections, each showing that London is, and has always been, open to the wider world

One man’s journey from African prince through slavery into London high society

The journey of Caribbean languages to MLE

Three Londoners share personal stories linked to East End artefacts

Levant café brings the traditional Syrian ice cream to London, creating a space that gives one a sense of home and identity

Beauty queens and Black Panthers

Five stories of people where migration has played an important role in the choice of sport, both as practitioners and supporters

Three Londoners of Indo-Caribbean descent share family stories of being part of the Windrush generation

A third of indentured labourers were women. Here’s a peek into their story

How Spitalfields and Whitechapel offered new lives to thousands fleeing persecution

Two Londoners of Caribbean heritage share their culinary perspectives

A city home to people from Turkey, Germany and Greece

Four traditional Chinese cheongsams tell the story of a family’s journey to London

Growing up in the 1970s and 80s, Wendy Shearer shares her memories of the Notting Hill Carnival

Explore the rich history of Sierra Leone's Krio community, their cultural fusion and notable contributions