Exhibition Opening Party - Raising our roots

“Raising our roots - Bruxelles à travers onze ogen” is a new temporary exhibition, in a space on the sixth floor of the House of European History, which looks at representation in history. It was created by the Echoes collective, a group of young adults from Brussels aged between 19 and 26, from different neighbourhoods, with a shared interest in Europe’s past, present and future. Together, they explored who is represented in history, how, and why, and what this means to young people today. 

Presented in an audio-visual setting which recreates the atmosphere of the city, from its metro, parks, and people’s homes, the stories told in “Raising our roots” contrast European history as shown in the museum, with intimate realities from Brussels and narratives on migration throughout time.