In 2014, the ‘Home Sweet Home’ exhibition on travelling and coming home was staged in the museum Shed in collaboration with the artist Bülent Öztürk and the photographer Mashid Mohadjerin. The museum also worked with young people of Turkish and Moroccan origin.
With this project, the museum (in collaboration with Joba refugee network) gave unaccompanied minor refugees an opportunity to introduce themselves at the museum and to preserve their stories for the future.
The museum has joined forces with teachers and with the Atlas organization to develop educational materials that help newcomers experience the museum in a personalized way.
We invited newcomers to share their memories on a specially designed city map. We’ve compiled the stories in a publication and in the ‘Safe Harbour’ exhibition.
70 years ago, 24 countries signed the Refugee Convention in Geneva. The new exhibition 'Stories of refuge' explores, beyond laws and political agreements, what it means to be on the run. From 1.04.2022 in the Shed.
The Red Star Line Museum collected stories of people who moved to Antwerp and told their story about their first five years of living in Antwerp. Which places have a special meaning to them? Watch a documentary online.
Many dozens of partner institutions were involved in the realization of the Red Star Line Museum. The museum has a long-term collaboration with several of them.
