Today, around 20,000 people from Latin America and the Caribbean live in Vienna. They are active in many areas of city life and enrich Viennese culture in dynamic and diverse ways.

Their varied migration experiences since 1945 have been collected as part of a large-scale, EU-funded project (CERV Programme). At its core are encounters, participation, and dialogues. People from around 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean—across different generations and with diverse life paths—have shared their stories in deeply personal ways: through interviews, photographs, documents, textile works, and guided walks through the city. The result is a new, multi-voiced archive that enriches Vienna’s historical memory with essential perspectives.

The exhibition draws on these collected impressions and makes them accessible to a broad audience. Its different chapters tell stories of living between multiple worlds, of holding on to one’s roots, and of starting anew in an unfamiliar environment. They document significant places of the Latin American–Caribbean communities in Vienna and reflect the thoughts and emotions that emerge when people come together who share a common—yet profoundly personal—migration experience.