Alistair Hardaker
Image: Migration Museum
Migration Museum seeks 30 community members to co-develop collections, events and visitor experience for new City of London site.
The Migration Museum is recruiting 30 community-minded individuals to shape the development of its new permanent home in the City of London through a paid People’s Panel initiative.
The panel will work across three strands: training members to document and preserve migration stories from their communities for the museum’s collection, developing an events strategy and co-producing a programme of events, and shaping the visitor experience strategy, food and drink offer, and spatial design of the permanent home.
The opportunity is open to anyone with a connection to Lewisham, Tower Hamlets, or the City of London through living, studying, working or organising locally.
The museum said it is not seeking museum professionals, but rather community-minded people passionate about representation and inclusion, who are interested in shaping a national museum. Previous People’s Panel members from the museum’s Lewisham pilot project are encouraged to apply.
Panel members will receive £50 per workshop, and £15 per hour for approved work outside of workshops, including story collection and events co-production.
People seeking asylum are invited to join, with the museum offering to discuss reimbursement structures that meet regulatory requirements.
Applications close on 12 January 2026. Required induction sessions are scheduled for 7 February 2026 and 28 February 2026, with workshops for individual strands running throughout 2026 and additional activities in 2027.
