Museums – Page 29 – First World War Centenary News Archive

September 26, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lincolnshire WW1 aviation project ready for take-off with UK lottery grant

A centenary project in Lincolnshire has been awarded a £423,500 grant from the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund for a project highlighting the county’s role in pioneering First World War aviation.

September 28, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Wreck of Jutland warship HMS Warrior found in North Sea

Marine archaeologists have discovered the last missing wreck from the Battle of Jutland, 100 years after the biggest naval clash of the First World War.

September 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The World Remembers’ – 1916 memorial event opens

The Canadian War Museum is among 60 institutions globally hosting the 2016 screening of The World Remembers’ – a video project commemorating the dead of the Great War.

October 6, 2016 CN Editorial Team

November exhibition focuses on New Zealand brothers’ WW1 naval sketches

Rare drawings of the First World War at sea by brothers Esmond and Hal Atkinson will be displayed at an exhibition in Petone, New Zealand, from 3-23 November 2016.

October 13, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘The Price of a Mile’ – Anaesthesia during the Battle of the Somme

The Price of a Mile, an exhibition honouring doctors who gave anaesthesia and pain relief to wounded soldiers on the Somme, opened at the Anaesthesia Heritage Centre in London with a lecture by military medical historian Dr Emily Mayhew.

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October 22, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum acquires ship’s wheel from Halifax blast survivor HMCS Niobe

One of the few surviving artefacts from an historic Canadian warship caught up in a First World War disaster is joining the Canadian War Museum’s collections in Ottawa.

November 3, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘World War I and American Art’ – Centennial exhibition launching in Philadelphia

The first major exhibition devoted to exploring how American artists reacted to the First World War opens this week at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia.

November 4, 2016 CN Editorial Team

Lens’ 14-18 Museum hosts November 2016 Armistice commemorations

A weekend of Armistice commemorations at the Lens’14-18 Museum will include a torchlight ceremony at the new ‘Ring of Remembrance’ memorial overlooking the former battlefields of Artois.

November 30, 2016 CN Editorial Team

WW1 soldier’s Victoria Cross donated to Australian War Memorial

A Victoria Cross awarded to New Zealand-born soldier Lawrence Carthage Weathers has gone on permanent display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

December 2, 2016 CN Editorial Team

‘A legacy for future generations’ – Auckland Museum’s new remembrance gallery

A new gallery for New Zealanders to discover and commemorate those who’ve served their country in war has opened at Auckland War Memorial Museum.