The Journey Open again after a stunning upgrade. Touch. Lift. Open. Explore What forces anyone to become a refugee - especially a child refugee? Is it worse to leave everything and everybody you love...? ...or to arrive where there's nothing and nobody you know? Trace the steps of 10 year old German Jewish boy Leo Stein, on a journey from happy childhood in 1938 Berlin, to persecution, the ‘Kristallnacht’ pogrom, and finally his parents’ agonising decision to send him off, alone, to a new life in England on a Kindertransport rescue train. This exhibition is a powerfully immersive experience, now expanded and upgraded with dozens of new interactive features. The story unfolds in a series of beautifully redesigned 'chapters' you walk through - packed with objects, testimony clips and diary extracts narrated by Leo. Many new hidden features are there for you to discover. Watch the video walk-through below: Explore Leo's journey Delve into Leo's family living room... his classroom at school... the street he lives on, smashed up after Kristallnacht... and eventually, the train taking him to England, to build a whole new life, without his family. Sitting in the train carriage, with new seat technology giving you a life-like sensation of the long journey - you will ponder the hopes, dreams and fears that have faced so many refugees. Leo's story is based on the lives of 36 Holocaust refugees - human beings we have had the honour to know and cherish, and who entrusted their objects and photographs to us for posterity. Over 300 of their objects now feature in The Journey. The Journey depicts the events which led up to the Holocaust in Germany. It does not depict the Holocaust itself and is therefore family-friendly (from ages 9+). It will make you think about what forces people to flee for their lives from the place they call home. In the Introduction Room before the exhibition, watch a powerful new short film about refugeeism, narrated by Dame Maureen Lipman. In the 'Many Journeys Room' at the end, listen to testimony from refugees of both the Holocaust and the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda and Srebrenica. In total, The Journey contains 100 clips of refugee testimony. You can even ask Steve Mendelsson what it was like coming to England as a Kindertransport child refugee. Steve passed away in 2019 but thanks to the technology of The Forever Project, you can have a fascinating question & answer session with him. If you’re worried about distressing content, The Journey is carefully designed to be appropriate for all the family (from ages 9+). . Entry to The Journey exhibition is free with your admission ticket to the Museum. Admission prices are on our booking page: . . . We proudly present this stunning renovation of The Journey with thanks to generous donors and to Lottery players everywhere. We would like to thank in particular: With Assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Support Our Work Manage Cookie Preferences