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This paper examines the politics of constructing a site of memory, the French national museum Cité Nationale de l'Histoire de l'Immigration that was inaugurated in 2007. In particular, it focuses on the debate pertaining to why and how to recognize the memory of immigration and immigrants in an array of the conflicting interests between the nation-state and civil society. Since a historian of immigration G. Noiriel claimed the necessity of creating a “site of memory” for immigration in 1988, actors such as historians, government officials, association leaders and immigrant individuals have been involved in the discourse of establishing this institution. The case study reveals that, while the government saw the utility of the project in reforming the immigration policy and reconstructing the national identity, the creation of the site gives a place for further debate on immigration, citizenship and the right to memory.
