The MEI - Museo Nazionale dell'Emigrazione Italiana is located in Genoa in the historic headquarters of the Commenda di Prè. Inaugurated at the beginning of 2022, thanks to the contribution and support of the Ministry of Culture, the MEI boasts of being a unique institution in the Italian and international historical panorama. 

The exhibition path is developed on 3 floors divided into 16 areas, built around the life stories of the protagonists of emigration: the experiences of individuals are presented to the visitor through primary sources such as autobiographies, diaries, letters, photographs, newspapers, songs, and music that accompanied the emigrants. Documents that merge into a single narrative, showing the migratory phenomenon in its numerous facets and articulations.

A museum in motion, as suggested by the theme of the journey. What the visitor will undertake among the images and stories of the millions of Italians who have left our country. Migrants from different eras - from the Unification of Italy to today - each with their own story, people who faced the delicate moment of choosing to leave, deciding to leave behind their work, home, and family.

Data on departures, returns, destinations, work, health, food, racism, reception, the many different motivations to leave Italy that represent the great mosaic of migration will be presented to the visitor through interactive and multimedia tools.