ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the way migrations of both the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries are perceived in the construction of Catalan national identity through the representation of the history of twentieth-century migrations. Under the Constitution and the 2006 Catalan Statute of Autonomy, Catalan municipalities also have the right to define their own integration plans. Catalan museums have a very limited role to play in the construction of a new multicultural identity, one that is tolerant of cultural diversity, and the incorporation of new forms of identity. The Museum of Catalan History has continued to present a CiU version of the region's history that largely ignores immigration, although there have been a few exceptions. The various plans and their conception of the integration of immigration into the national narrative have had a significant impact on exhibitions in national museums and cultural centres.
