International migration and mobility have implications for many sectors in society, including the museum sector. To be in tune with the times and relevant to all citizens, the museum sector needs, more than ever, to address issues that transcend national borders. As important educational institutions often visited by, amongst others, schoolchildren, museums have the potential to affect our notions of the world. By making museums places for exploring and learning about both the past and the present of issues such as migration, mobility, transnational connections and human rights, they not only become more relevant as cultural institutions, but may also facilitate positive changes in how people relate to each other in the wider society - thereby ultimately contributing to society's sustainable development. This book seeks to contribute to the discussion about how museums can improve their engagement in issues of migration and becoming more inclusive.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• I The role of museums in a time of migration and societal change
  • 1. Creating national and global citizens
  • 2. Migration and Liverpool
  • 3. Memory is our weapon
• II Representing migration and ethnicity
  • 4. Conceptual frameworks
  • 5. Moving stories
  • 6. Learning at the museum
• III Rethinking museum collections and documentation
  • 7. From totality to infinity
  • 8. The making of cultural heritage and ethnicity in the archive
  • 9. The future is ours
• IV Collaboration and inclusion in the museum sector
  • 10. Migrants, museums, and tackling the legacies of prejudice
  • 11. Women making herstory
• About the authors