The Migrant Workers Community Museum begins with a proposition: what would a museum, designed and curated by migrant workers, look like? What objects would be exhibited to represent the heritage of such a diverse group of people? What does it mean to create a ‘place’ for those who are often marked as transient labour, whose ‘places of origin’ lies elsewhere? What does the history of migration to Singapore look like if we take into account the social history of migrant workers—those who number almost a million and who work in the construction, cleaning and maintenance, shipyard, oil refinery and domestic work industries?

Bringing together a working group consisting of migrant workers, artists and activists, the Migrant Workers Community Museum is an attempt to create a temporary museum at The Substation featuring artefacts contributed by members of the migrant worker community in Singapore.

Curators: Rubel Fazely, Yulia Endang, May Thu Zin, Nina Rotelo, Yu Ming, Zhou Zhi Wei

Facilitators: Alfian Sa’at, Vithya Subramaniam, Zulkhairi Zulkiflee

With support from: Migrant worker activists Jolovan Wham and Stephanie Chok

Learn more: www.substation.org/septfest2021/migrant-workers-community-museum