On their own - Britain's child migrants reveals a largely untold chapter of migration history - that of British children who were sent to Australia and other Commonwealth countries under government-endorsed child migration schemes. The schemes changed the lives of these children and their families dramatically.

The exhibition explores the history and motivations behind child migration schemes and conveys the experiences shared by children as young as four who endured the uncertainty of a long journey and the confronting arrival. On their own follows the lives of some former child migrants in their own words, letters, photographs, objects and other personal collections.