Museums – Page 26 – First World War Centenary News Archive

March 15, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Update on Jutland 1916 exhibition at UK National Maritime Museum

A bugle presented to a boy sailor wounded at Jutland will be among objects displayed at the National Maritime Museum’s centenary exhibition, illustrating changing views of the 1916 battle from both sides.

March 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Somme Centenary – 2016 cultural programme at Péronne WW1 museum

Conferences focussing on the German occupation of the Somme and France’s role in the 1916 offensive feature in a centenary cultural programme organised by the Museum of the Great War, Péronne.

March 25, 2016 CN Editorial Team

National Museum of Ireland exhibition marks 1916 Centenary

The events of the Easter Rising are told in a new centenary exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin.

April 1, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘Forgotten Wrecks’ project finds German WW1 warships in Portsmouth

Archaeologists have identifed the remains of two German First World War destroyers in Portsmouth Harbour, home of Britain’s Royal Navy.

April 7, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Major Austrian exhibition marks Emperor Franz Joseph death centenary

Emperor Franz Joseph’s 68-year reign is re-examined with simultaneous exhibitions in and around Vienna marking the centenary of his death during the First World War.

April 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

America’s volunteers – new exhibition at US National World War I Museum

The many roles of American volunteers in the Great War are highlighted in a new exhibition at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

April 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News focus on US First World War volunteers

Patrick Gregory discusses how America's voluntary effort took shape in WW1, as a new exhibition opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

April 14, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News focus on US First World War volunteers

Patrick Gregory discusses how America’s voluntary effort took shape in WW1, as a new exhibition opens at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Author: Patrick Gregory

April 21, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Jellicoe family items for display at UK navy museum’s Jutland exhibition

Uniform and medals belonging to Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, British commander at the Battle of Jutland, will go on display as part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s forthcoming centenary exhibition.

April 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

IWM focus on historic Somme film for 2016 Centenary

The pioneering documentary,The Battle of the Somme, is at the centre of Imperial War Museums’ events marking the centenary of the 1916 offensive.