The project aims to promote an understanding of the European Union, especially in terms of common values, unity and diversity, as well as social, cultural and historical heritage. It emphasises that all Europeans share a common history and aims to explore and preserve this cultural heritage and knowledge. The initiative promotes communication and creates meeting spaces for employees of the participating museums to share expertise, experiences and resources such as archives and contemporary witnesses. The exchange focusses on the topic of migration, collecting shared knowledge and establishing historical and contemporary connections. This contributes to the creation of a European identity among both staff and the public. At the same time, the project supports the partners in digitising their educational content. The participating institutions have different resources, so the project aims to support museums on their path to digital transformation. This includes identifying digitalisation opportunities, building capacity for the use of digital technologies and promoting basic and advanced digital skills.
The project "Protestant Migration History(ies)" serves to strengthen European identity. It uses concrete historical examples to make it easy to experience that "Europe" is a cross-border cultural area and that migration is an inherent part of European history. In this way, the project helps to embed one of the major social issues of our time in a historical context, thereby contributing to a better understanding. Migration is an essential feature of almost all human cultures. Nevertheless, it leads to controversy within Europe. There is a lack of a common European identity. The project addresses this controversy and looks at the topic of migration from the perspective of a common European history. This makes it clear that European countries and their inhabitants have always been connected through migration. The project aims to improve understanding of the European Union and strengthen a sense of belonging by emphasising a shared history at an individual and family level. Raising awareness of shared values and a historical heritage should help to overcome controversies related to migration.