Everyday treasures

My name is Ryan Heath. I was born in Sydney and grew up in Swatell on the east coast and spent my childhood there. I moved to Sydney to study and was there for 5 years. Although I had never been to Europe, I always felt a connection there and wanted to mo…

My name is Farid. I am a globetrotter, I like travelling, books and coffee. I come from Azerbaijan, where I was born and lived for 18 years, but after that I moved to Sweden where my family lives and then to Lithuania, where I have been studying for 4 yea…

This is a cup made out of pure silver. It is from India, just like I am. It is a cultural belief that when a baby is born, you should feed him out of silverware, because the good and precious characteristics from the silver go into the baby. They make the…

I'm from Australia, and I live in Cork, in Ireland. I migrated here in March last year. My wife is Irish. She backpacked in Australia in 2007 and eventually stayed there working, where we met in 2012. We worked at a television station - she was a prod…

I was born and grew up in the USA, in a tight-knit Irish American community in Wikles-Barre, Pennsylvania. My family are from 8 different counties in all 4 provinces of Ireland. This doll was bought for me, from Donegal, by my aunt. I brought it with me t…

I'm from Liege in Belgium. I first moved to Ireland when I was 16, I was here for half a year and also half a year in Chile. I never wanted to settle here. I came to Ireland on holiday but it never felt like a holiday because it felt like home. In the…

The lid is stuck in one side. Text on all pages. Text on the lid “KUNGL. HOF. SUPPLIER GÖTEBORGS KEX FABRIK ALBERT.” When the jar came to the museum, there was a Christmas tree candle holder inside see UM024721 - UM024726. Previous function: Packaging for…

Ξύλινο κιβωτίδιο με ένθετο διάκοσμο από σεντέφι και όστρακο χελώνας, το οποίο χρησιμοποιήθηκε ως αρτοφόριο. Από τα κειμήλια των προσφύγων της Μικράς Ασίας. 18ος αι. Μήκ. 0,25 μ. πλ. 0,17 μ. (ΓΕ 34044)

My name is Walid and I am a refugee from Idlib, Syria. The object presents a part of my migration story, they are prayer beads that are referred to as Misbaha and are used to keep count during prayer. These prayer beads were given to me as a goodbye pres…

This ring belonged to my grandfather. He and I share the same name, so this ring was always supposed to come to me. His (and my) initials are engraved on the ring and, although they've faded now, the ring is my link to him. My grandfather was Greek. H…

This key chain was made and give to me by the mother of my sister-in-law before I left for Brussels. The flower inside was picked up by her in the mountains Monti Sibilini, where my home village, in the region in Italy where the 2016-2017 earthquakes took…

I have a Claddagh ring that was given to me by my Irish boyfriend when we broke up - for the first time. This is the story of our turbulent relationship. We met on Tinder while in London. He was researching brain injuries and I was training as a pharmaci…

Sono Italiana, di Verona, ma per motivi di studio e lavoro da cinque anni vivo all'estero. Durante gli studi ho fatto l'Erasmus in Irlanda, a Dublino, e uno stage in Spagna, a Barcellona. Per il master mi sono trasferita a Londra e subito dopo ho …

Nací en Madrid, pero a los dos años nos trasladamos a Santander. Así que Cantabria es mi lugar de referencia. En España pase toda mi etapa formativa. Cuando terminé me fui primero a Berlín y después a Utrecht. En Berlín empecé a trabajar como profesora de…

Enrico and Francesca tell us: 'We lived in Canada for a while. We're originally from Sardinia and met there, but we have both lived in several countries. Our daughter Ayla was born in Ireland.' We moved here three years ago. Sometimes we miss …

My father died when I was eight. He had worked on the building of Heathrow Airport. I did my Inter Cert and passed, but to go to the next stage you had to have a uniform and we couldn't afford one. In Ireland, you could get a good job in Woolworth'…

Majblomma i form av en prästkrage av celluloid (?) med gula kronblad och gul mitt, nål av gulmetall. Svenskamerikansk majblomma - framtagen av svenskättlingar i USA för att bekämpa tuberkulosen bland de svenska invandrarna. /Lena Kättström Höök 2008-11-…

I was four when my mom bought this stuffed tiger in India. My mom told me that the tiger is the national animal of India. I remember when my mom bought this for me, all my friends came and saw this tiger and were very amazed. In India you can see them in …

This ornament was bought by my grandmother by a travelling salesman. She lived in the very rural county of Donegal, where there were few shops. My mum, Mary McNeilly née O'Donnell, travelled extensively and worked in the UK and Saudi Arabia. The ornam…

Both my parents were born in India. They, along with some of their family members, moved to Pakistan after its creation in 1947 during Partition. In 1973, my father moved to Rome, Italy, from Pakistan because he wanted to start a new life in a new place a…

2013.05.0003; Del av konstverket "Hardship and hope: Crossing the U.S. Mexico Border". The genesis of this installation was an altar created in 2004 to young women crossing the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Beginning with a diaper bag found in the…

The picture has been taken in connection with the exhibition project “From Eritrea to Uppsala” which was Upplandsmuseet’s contribution to the Nordic Museum’s project on post-war immigration to Sweden. Since Eritreans are a significant immigrant group in U…