La révolte des immigrants
The permanent exhibition has been refreshed and is on show in a new space
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Musée de l'immigration
Program for the Night
In addition to its permanent exhibitions, the Immigration Museum welcomes the UN as well as the TRAMES association, which came to present its project carried out in schools, as well as an ABC book written by fifteen young people who recently arrived in the Lausanne region.
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Flucht-Fuir: In the footsteps of refugees
"Flucht-Fuir", the exhibition set up by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), stops in Lausanne. Some elements are on display at the Immigration Museum until 20 December 2020. Guided tours on request.
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Musée de l'immigration
The Musée de l’Immigration was created by the artist and teacher Ernesto Ricou. The exhibition space and collection were created in order to promote multiculturalism. The visit is punctuated with suitcases in which memories, journeys and objects are carefully preserved, giving form to the intimate, immaterial aspects of migration. They symbolise what people left behind, their most precious possessions on arrival, and that which enriches their lives as they remain. By opening the suitcases, we begin a dialogue about the trials and riches of migration and journeys towards integration, with adults and children alike.
Through its approach, the Musée de l’Immigration hopes to raise awareness of questions regarding migration and multiculturalism, but also highlight plural identities and improve cross-community dialogue. It also wishes to develop a spirit of tolerance, transmit respect for the host country and promote the integration of migrants into their new society, with a view to building bridges between the original culture and the host culture. Finally, one of the museum’s aims is to reassert the value of memory through a collection of witness accounts, objects and documents.
