Heritage Lottery Fund provides £1.1 million to York Castle Museum for ‘1914: When the World Changed Forever’

The BBC reports that Heritage Lottery Fund has provided York Castle Museum, England, with a £1.1 million grant for a display about the outbreak of the First World War – ”1914: When the World Changed Forever”.

“The First World War display will be housed in new exhibition space being built on the museum’s first floor with existing office space moving to the second floor”.

“Work on the display, which will combine items from the museum’s military, costume and social history collections with new technology, will start in September and it is expected to open in June 2014”.

To read the full article, visit the BBC News website here.

Date of article publication: 09/07/2013

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Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News