It's a busy month here at the museum with @historyfestival ! 👀 Be sure to visit the website to book your tickets! Link in bio🔗
🏥Destitute Asylum Discovery Tour
🚶Migrant Heritage Walk
♟️Playtime in the Nineteenth Century
Births, Burials and Bodysnatching
👩🍼Mothers and Babies of the Destitute Asylum
🌏History of Migration to South Australia
👰♀️From Exhibition to Altar: The Story of the Davey Family Wedding Gown
Bookings are required 🎟️
Spotlight on Immigration in the 20th Century 🔦
This exhibition showcases the rapid changes in South Australia, and Australia, through the twentieth century when mass migration schemes made us the multicultural country we are today.
You can explore a large graphic timeline, a continue your chronological journey through South Australia’s migration history in the twentieth century. Using personal stories and artefacts the displays highlight how changing government policies affected the lives of ordinary people. Some of the topics looked at include people living as ‘aliens’ under the ‘White Australia’ policy, juvenile migration schemes, displaced persons migrating post Second World War, British migration schemes, migrant hostels, and the gradual shift from a policy of assimilation to the realities of integration and then multiculturalism.
🖼️ Hasta La Raíz (to the root) is a photography exhibition by @carmenalcedofotografia , using layered digital and analogue collage.
Archival images and elements from her hometown of Sevilla are layered with portraits of her grandparents, nieces and her younger self, and contrasted with photographs taken over her four years of living here in Australia.
📍On display now at the Migration Museum until 28 June 2026
🎟️Free admission
👉 Find out more at the link in our bio 🔗
Spotlight on In this place: a history of the Migration Museum site🔦
The buildings that now house the Migration Museum were once part of Adelaide’s Destitute Asylum. This site, which had been Kaurna land for millennia, was occupied by Europeans from the late 1830s. This exhibition tells the story of the site, from the early Native School Establishment, through the use as a Destitute Asylum, and later usage by the SA Government Department of Chemistry.
This exhibition is in the former Lying-in Home building, purpose built in 1878 to house expectant mothers. 1678 babies were born at the Destitute Asylum between 1880 and 1909, and we remember these children through a memorial artwork in the gallery. Touch-screen interactives allow visitors to explore some of the original documents used by the Destitute Board, and to investigate the stories of several families.
@historyfestival program is out now! Pick up a copy at your local @drakessupermarkets or visit the website to view the online program 💻 There is a lot in store at the Migration Museum during the festival:
🏥Destitute Asylum Discovery Tour
🚶Migrant Heritage Walk
♟️Playtime in the Nineteenth Century
Births, Burials and Bodysnatching
👩🍼Mothers and Babies of the Destitute Asylum
🌏History of Migration to South Australia
👰♀️From Exhibition to Altar: The Story of the Davey Family Wedding Gown
Bookings are required. Visit the festival website to book!
#MigrationMuseum
Spotlight on Impact 🔦
In this exhibition, local artist Darryl Pfitzner Milika gives his take on South Australian history, illustrating what immigration and colonisation mean for Aboriginal people.
Darryl’s work is perhaps best summed up by his statement about his values: "I refuse to be assimilated or appropriated, allocated or intimidated; to have my intellectual or emotional faculties severed from my physical and spiritual being: my Aboriginality (and ultimately my humanity) will always find a campsite."
📷 On display in the Migration Museum are prints of Darryl Pfitzner Milika's original artwork
✨We are thrilled to be part of @adlfringe 2026! 👀
This year, our iconic venue transforms once again to host an incredible lineup of theatre, immersive performances, alternative comedy, clowning, and music. 🎟️
Grab a bite and a drink in @the.courtyard.of.curiosities , soak up the vibrant atmosphere, and discover performances you'll never forget!👏💚
Find out more👉 at the link in our bio 🔗
