Museums – Page 21 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 6, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Mons remembers wartime occupation with new museum

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum dedicated to remembering the wartime occupations of the Belgian city, and its historic role at the start and finish of Britain’s First World War campaign.

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Irish government launches year of commemorations for 1916 Easter Rising

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny launches Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme to commemorate 1916 Easter Rising.

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News visits the new Mons Memorial Museum in Belgium

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum remembering the city’s historic role in the First World War. CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff reports from Mons.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 7, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News visits the new Mons Memorial Museum in Belgium

A former waterworks in Mons has been transformed into a new museum remembering the city's historic role in the First World War. CN Deputy Editor Peter Alhadeff reports from Mons.

April 11, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Namibia explores impact of colonial South-West Africa campaign

Museums in Namibia are developing an education project with UK funding to highlight how the First World War shaped the country’s history.

April 16, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Royal Air Force Museum receives £2.5 million grant to fund centenary programme

The Royal Air Force Museum has been awarded a £2.5 million grant to support its programme of centenary events.

April 27, 2015 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

April 28, 2015 CN Editorial Team

WW1 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.

May 2, 2015 CN Editorial Team

London lecture to examine lessons of 1918 flu pandemic

The influenza pandemic which spread across the world with devastating results in the final months of the Great War will be discussed at a lecture in London on May 13th 2015.

May 15, 2015 CN Editorial Team

Thousands who refused to take up arms remembered online by IWM

The names of 16,500 conscientious objectors were added to the Imperial War Museum’s Centenary memorial website today (May 15th 2015) – International Conscientious Objectors Day.