The Migration Museum is a State Government initiative established in 1983 and opened to the public in 1986. As such it was the first social history museum of immigration and settlement history in Australia.
The Museum aims to: "Document, preserve and interpret the history and cultural traditions of the people of South Australia and create greater awareness in the community of the history and cultural traditions of the many people who have immigrated to and settled in South Australia since 1836."
The Migration Museum has been at the forefront of presenting programs which show the impact of colonisation on Indigenous Australians and working closely with community groups who want to tell their own stories of immigration and settlement.
The Museum houses a number of permanent exhibitions on the immigration and settlement history of South Australia and an exhibition on the history of the site, Adelaide's former 'Destitute Asylum' and 'Native School'. The Museum hosts and develops a number of changing exhibitions and public programs. In addition the Museum has a community access gallery which is available free to communities on a three monthly basis and a very active public and education program.
We receive around 155,000 visitors a year of whom 25,000 are school and tertiary students.

The Museum is a division of the History Trust of South Australia.

Address
Post: Migration Museum
82 Kintore Avenue,
Adelaide, SA 5000
AUSTRALIA

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