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.
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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.
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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’.
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Propaganda wares – Centenary News visits a Great War porcelain exhibition in Germany
A ceramics museum in Germany is holding an exhibition of First World War porcelain. CN writer, Katherine Quinlan-Flatter, was given a tour of the Keramikmuseum in Staufen, near Freiburg.
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Propaganda wares – Centenary News visits a Great War porcelain exhibition in Germany
A ceramics museum in Germany is holding an exhibition of First World War porcelain. CN writer, Katherine Quinlan-Flatter, was given a tour of the Keramikmuseum in Staufen, near Freiburg.
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‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War’ exhibition showing at the Getty Center
CN writer, Jillian Davidson, visited the Getty Center in Los Angeles and gives an account of its centenary exhibition, ‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War.’
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‘World War I: War of Images, Images of War’ exhibition showing at the Getty Center
CN writer, Jillian Davidson, visited the Getty Center in Los Angeles and gives an account of its centenary exhibition, 'World War I: War of Images, Images of War.'
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Legacy of First World War Scottish bagpipers explored in Sutherland
Musicians and researchers in the north of Scotland are working together to explore the role of music, particularly the bagpipes, during the First World War.
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UK Navy Museum launches first ‘crowdfunding’ appeal for Gallipoli survivor
Crowdfunding has been adopted by the UK’s National Museum of the Royal Navy for the first time to help complete the task of conserving the Gallipoli warship, HMS M.33.
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First World War heavy guns displayed at the Australian War Memorial
Two rare surviving examples of First World War artillery have gone on display outside the Australian War Memorial to mark the Centenary.
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