GLASGOW City Chambers is to host a pop-up exhibition of everyday objects that British and Greek people have donated to refugees who have fled violence and persecution.

The Museum Without A Home is an award-winning, free exhibition of small acts of kindness created by Oxfam and Amnesty International.

The touring exhibition, which was originally shown in Athens in 2016 and since then in New York, Belfast, Belgrade and Ottawa, will run in Glasgow from today until Friday as part of Refugee Festival Scotland.

The items on display were given by British and Greek people to those in need of protection in Greece and the UK, to comfort them and help to make the difficulties of daily life more manageable.

Some of the items donated include a kettle, a toy car, some colouring books, a cooking pot and a backpack.

The items may appear mundane but are deeply meaningful for the refugees who were given them by welcoming people on their arrival in a strange new country.

The exhibition has now gained a number of objects given by people in the UK to recently-arrived refugees, including a heart-warming ‘letter fae a local’ donated by Refuweegee.

Lisa Stewart, Campaigns and Communications Manager at Oxfam Scotland, said: “This exhibition is made up of everyday objects which all have a powerful story to tell: of despair, terror and exhaustion, but also of warmth, hospitality and humanity.

“It seems appropriate that the Museum Without A Home has found a home in Scotland; where we can be proud of our efforts to welcome refugees. This exhibition represents a real challenge to governments around the world to meet refugees with the same compassion and generosity; and to build bridges instead of barbed wire fences.”

Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty International’s Scotland Programme Director, added: “People across Scotland have a long history of opening their arms, homes, and communities to welcome and show solidarity with some of the world’s most vulnerable people. The sharing of everyday items we think of as basic but to others are vital lifelines in traumatic times, reminds us how small acts can make a real difference.

“By bringing Museum Without A Home to Glasgow we have an opportunity to celebrate the richness refugees bring to our communities as well as remind governments of their moral and legal responsibilities to those fleeing conflict and persecution.”

Museum Without A Home will open at Glasgow City Chambers at 12pm today.