News, Migration museum
The former President of the Bundestag and CDU Federal Minister paved the way for social change in many respects, including an understanding of Germany as a country of immigration. She has now passed away at the age of 88.
Event, News, Collection
26 February 2026
DOMiD is also a place of Black history. Using selected objects, the history of Black people in Germany becomes tangible.
News, Exhibition, Event
07 December 2025 – 11 January 2026
Seventy years ago, Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany signed the recruitment agreement that heralded the era of ‘guest workers’. Our cooperation partner Makkaroni Akademie is hosting an exhibition on this topic in Cologne until 11 January.
Photo: Dietrich Hackenberg/DOMiD-Archive, Cologne
DOMiD collects and conserves material which documents migration history. Furthermore, we believe it is our duty to research and present the history of migration in Germany to a wide audience. In addition to our museological and archival work, we organize events, conferences and talks. Our goal is to convey that migration is a norm in human history. We believe this perspective can provide a basis for developing a shared, transcultural identity.
If you are in possesion of material that you think may be relevant to migration history, we would love to hear from you! Become a donor.
The migrant knowledge has not been taken into account for decades, although it has always been and remains an expertise on racism. Now this knowledge has a museum.İbrahim Arslan, activist and survivor of the racist arson attack of Mölln 1992
Migration has left a lasting mark on our society. In the motif series "Migration History in Pictures" we have selected objects from the DOMiD collection that stand for certain phenomena of migration history since 1945. In short, richly illustrated online stories, we tell how migrants have influenced the history of Germany.
