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The National Museum of the history of immigration opened in Paris at the Palais de la Porte Dorée, October 10, 2007. A cultural educational and civic institution, intended to increase awareness and recognition of the history of immigration to France since the 19th century.

The site presents the current news of the Cité nationale de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, its project, its activities and practical information, especially for the visit.
There is also information on the current season, the museum, network resources. We can find particularly, in this part a full range of multimedia contents on the themes of the history of immigration and of the cultural diversity: virtual exhibitions, portraits of immigrants, digital library, cultural magazine.
A section "to see, read, do ..." is also proposed.

You cannot miss this site which is very rich on the theme of immigration in France.

The themes are numerous and the various entries permit an access to multimedia documentation (including for example the film "The history of immigration in France, available online since July 2006”). Written by historians who are members of the Scientific Committee of the city, rich with 350 photographs and archive material, punctuated by film extracts, it recounts in forty minutes two centuries of immigration: the arrival of successive waves of immigrants and refugees, the implementation of the public policy and issues on nationality, the reactions of public opinion between xenophobia and solidarity, labour and business of immigration, the struggles all together in peacetime as in wartime, lifestyles and cultural issues.

The site also enables to follow the current news about what is organized, published on the topic of immigration.

http://www.histoire-immigration.fr/

Frédéric Rousselle / Marika Kovacs

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