In a lucky coincidence of timing, five exhibitions are currently tackling the theme of migration: at the Louvre-Lens, the MuCEM in Marseille, the Musée National de l'Immigration in Paris, the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Bordeaux and the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. "The issues of exile and migration have become all-pervasive today, and these concurrent exhibitions show that museums want to participate, in their own way, in the contemporary debate. At the Musée de l'Homme, we champion a civic-minded, engaged museum, and want to take a moment to reflect on this social phenomenon," said director Aurélie Clemente-Ruiz.

There would be no life without migration. This is the conclusion of a Manifesto published in 2018 by the Paris Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History, which encompasses 12 sites, including the Musée de l'Homme) − a text that reviews scientific research, across all disciplines, asserting that all species migrate. The Musée de l'Homme has pulled out all the stops on the human side, with an exhibition for the public that is dense with information, dynamic, and multifaceted in its effort to embrace complexity. At the heart of the approach is a desire to identify preconceived notions and deconstruct them.

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