'Rupert Brooke on Skyros: and Aegean corner of a foreign field' has opened on the Greek island of Skyros to commemorate the anniversary of the poet's death in 1915.
Continue readingTag: Exhibitions
‘Gallipoli: from the Depths to the Trenches’ – exhibition in Istanbul
An exhibition marking the centenary of the Gallipoli campaign, curated by Turkish documentary maker Sava Karaka, runs at the Isbank Museum, Istanbul, until August 15th 2015.
Continue readingWW1 flight pioneer’s office ‘reopens’ at RAF Museum
The office of British aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White has been meticulously recreated by the Royal Air Force Museum, using a sole surviving photo from 1915.
Continue readingLusitania Centenary: Historic disaster photos on show in Cobh, Ireland
More than 60 photographs capturing the aftermath of the Lusitania disaster are displayed in the Irish port of Cobh, as it prepares for commemorations next week marking the centenary of the British liner’s sinking by a German submarine.
Continue reading‘Sand and Snow: Global War 1915’ exhibition opens in United States
"The special exhibition Sand to Snow: Global War 1915 examines the vast reach of this worldwide conflict, and runs from May 2015 – April 2016 at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri."
Continue readingAuckland War Memorial Museum creates community lead online cenotaph
Auckland War Memorial Museum is leading a community driven online cenotaph to commemorate those from the New Zealand province who served in the First World War.
Continue readingSomme museum explores legacy of pioneering Great War plastic surgery
Surgical techniques pioneered during the First World War to reconstruct faces shattered by injury are explored in a new exhibition at France’s Museum of the Great War in Péronne.
Continue readingBudapest exhibition opens for Great War Centenary
Hungary’s role in the First World War is explored in a Centenary exhibition which has opened in Budapest.
Continue reading£4.89 million awarded to RAF Museum for Royal Air Force Centenary
Britain’s RAF Museum has been awarded a lottery grant of almost £5million to take forward the next phase of its centenary programme, “The First 100 Years”.
Continue readingFirst World War ‘sound mirrors’ restored on White Cliffs of Dover
Two First World War sound mirrors can now be seen on Engand’s Kent coast as part of a newly-opened National Trust site exploring Second World War tunnels.
Continue reading