Museums – Page 17 – First World War Centenary News Archive

November 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Vu du Front’ – Major Centenary exhibition at the Army Museum, Paris

A major exhibition in Paris, looking at the portrayal of the First World War by those who went to the Front, runs at the Army Museum in Les Invalides until January 25th 2014.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918)’ Exhibition at the Joan Miró Foundation

The Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona presents ‘Barcelona, neutral zone (1914-1918),’ an exhibition that aims to represent the visual Barcelona during the period of the First World War.

November 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Catch 2039’: a campaign to reform historic copyright

UK cultural institutions are displaying blank paper in their exhibitions to protest restrictive copyright protection laws. The campaign is calling on the UK Government to reduce the term of copyright protection in certain unpublished works.

November 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Stonehenge & the First World War – English Heritage Centenary exhibition

English Heritage opened a special exhibition at Stonehenge on November 5th 2014, telling the story of how soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth trained for the First World War near this prehistoric site.

November 8, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary focus for Imperial War Museum’s 2014 short film awards

Films drawing on the Imperial War Museum's First World War archives are given prominent billing in IWM's Short Film Festival, which has a Centenary focus on the weekend of 8/9th November 2014.

November 12, 2014 CN Editorial Team

‘Lusitania: The War at the Mouth of the Mersey’ Audio Installation

Working in association with Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Theatre in the Rough Festival, a group of writers in the Merseyside region of England have researched stories about the Lusitania, and created a series of audio dramas which are currently touring in a bespoke sound installation.

December 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Double honours for First World War soldier’s story at IWM film awards

A film re-imagining the letters sent home by a British First World War soldier as a series of tweets has won two awards at the Imperial War Museum’s 2014 Short Film Festival.

December 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

An article about the International Speaker Series with the Canadian War Museum

Centenary News writer, Christopher Harvie, spoke with Dr Andrew Burtch, Acting Director of Research for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa to discuss the museum’s International Speaker Series, an initiative giving different perspectives to the history of the First World War.

Author: Christopher Harvie

December 2, 2014 CN Editorial Team

An article about the International Speaker Series with the Canadian War Museum

Centenary News writer, Christopher Harvie, spoke with Dr Andrew Burtch, Acting Director of Research for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa to discuss the museum's International Speaker Series, an initiative giving different perspectives to the history of the First World War.

December 3, 2014 CN Editorial Team

New exhibitions at Manchester Art Gallery: ‘The Sensory War’ and ‘Heaven in a Hell of War’

Two new exhibitions have been launched at Manchester Art Gallery to mark the First World War Centenary: ‘The Sensory War 1914-2014’ and ‘Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War’.