For Refugee Week 2024, the Migration Museum has created a self-directed trail highlighting stories of healthcare workers who migrated to Britain as refugees from our award-winning exhibition Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS.

Heart of the Nation is a national touring exhibition shining a light on the stories and experiences of people who have come to Britain to create, shape and sustain the NHS at all levels since its creation in 1948. It features dozens of personal stories contributed by NHS workers past and present, alongside photography, film, oral histories, keepsakes, newly commissioned artworks, and a music and film installation co-created by artists Kaia Laurielle and Emmanuel Sugo and seven first- and second-generation migrant NHS workers. It is currently open to the public at the Migration Museum in Lewisham.

Heart of the Nation won Temporary/Touring exhibition of the year at the 2024 Museums + Heritage Awards

Visit the exhibition at the Migration Museum in Lewisham during Refugee Week to pick up a trail and discover more.