News – Page 113 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 26, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Sounds of the First World War play on at museum in the Somme

An exhibition devoted to the music and sounds of 1914-18 has been extended at the Museum of the Great War in Péronne, close to the Somme battlefields of northern France.

January 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Trunk discovery reveals British First World War soldier’s story

A trunk containing the belongings of a British First World War soldier has been found at a school in the UK town of Letchworth, after lying forgotten for decades.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Commonwealth War Graves Commission releases new archive records to researchers

Archives relating to the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission have been made available to researchers and members of the public.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

The Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, exhibits photography documenting legacy of the First World War

An exhibition of photographs in Miami by the Italian artist Luca Artioli, showing the remains of trenches on the Alpine Front, is on display until April 5th 2015.

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Call For Papers: Tourism, Leisure and War at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal

The Universidade Nova de Lisboa in Portugal has issued a call for papers for its upcoming conference on Tourism, Leisure and War, which will be held from June 25th-27th 2015.

End Date: 27 Jun 2015

January 29, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Exhibition at the Museum of Ireland: ‘Recovered Voices- Stories of the Irish at War 1914 – 1915’

An exhibition has opened at the Collins Barracks branch of the National Museum of Ireland as part of the Decade of Centenaries programme, commemorating the involvement of Irish men and women in the First World War.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

New exhibition in Melbourne celebrating cinema during the First World War

To mark the Centenary, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), in association with the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, will present ‘War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918’.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centennial Countdown Blog Posting for January 2015

The latest Centennial Countdown posting by the American First World War blogger Dennis Cross – covering January 1915.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Conference in The Hague to restage Versailles Treaty talks

The controversial peace treaties which ended the First World War will be renegotiated by young people as part of an international conference in The Hague from June 22nd-26th 2015.

February 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

British minister launches battlefields legacy project for schools

The British Government has launched a new project designed to encourage pupils who’ve visited the First World War battlefields to share their experiences with local communities.