ABSTRACT
This museum tells the story of mass emigration from Germany to the New World in the nineteenth century and provides a visitor experience that is both informative and evocative, on the quayside where embarkation took place. By enabling the visitor to identify with the true story of an emigrant and follow his/her often tortuous journey to a new life, there is a sense of connection between the past and the present. Far from stopping the story at the point at which emigrants set foot in their new country, the museum provides sources of information that enable descendants to find out what happened next. More recently, it has addressed the story of migration into Germany.
