On Their Own: Britain’s Child Migrants
Museum of Childhood di Londra
An exhibition telling the heart-breaking true stories of Britain’s
child migrants who were sent to Canada, Australia and other Commonwealth
countries between 1869 and 1970. An estimated 100,000 British children
were sent overseas by migration schemes, which were run by a partnership
of charities, religious organisations and governments, and claimed to
offer boys and girls the opportunity of a better life in Britain’s
Empire overseas. Many migrants never saw their homes or their families
again.
Featuring detailed first-hand stories, photography and personal items
which belonged to child migrants, as well as video and audio which
recount this period of history. There will also be a series of specially
commissioned folk songs by leading British musicians including John
McCusker, Julie Matthews and Boo Hewerdine that capture the reality of
child migrants’ lives, which visitors can listen to at certain points in
the exhibition.
The exhibition will explore the complex moral motivations to these
schemes and share the work of the Child Migrants Trust, which has
brought some comfort to former child migrants, by finding their families
and reuniting them with surviving members.
On Their Own: Britain’s Child Migrants is a collaborative exhibition between the Australian National Maritime Museum, National Museums Liverpool and V&A Museum of Childhood
Alessandro Michelucci Avvenire 22 marzo 2016
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