British and German naval historians will answer questions about the Battle of Jutland in a public debate organised by the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, on 2 February 2017.
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Visitor numbers at US National World War I Museum hit another record
More than 300,000 people visited the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City in 2016, setting a new record for the third year in a row.
Continue reading‘The Earth Remembers’ – Arras honours New Zealand tunnellers for 2017 Centenary
A new memorial honouring New Zealand’s WW1 tunnellers is due to be inaugurated during the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations in France in April 2017.
Continue reading‘Women and the Royal Navy: Pioneers to Professionals’ – Exhibition opening February 2017
The role of women in the British navy will be highlighted in a centenary exhibition opening at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, in February.
Continue reading‘War in the Sunshine: The British in Italy 1917-18’
An exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London offers a rare glimpse of Britain's First World War Italian campaign, writes CN Editor Peter Alhadeff.
Continue reading‘War in the Sunshine: The British in Italy 1917-18’
An exhibition at the Estorick Collection in London offers a rare glimpse of Britain’s First World War Italian campaign, writes CN Editor Peter Alhadeff.
Continue readingPoppy seeds highlight WW1 Centennial on US Inauguration Day
US Centennial Commission volunteers handed out Flanders poppy seeds during the Presidential inauguration in Washington to raise awareness of America’s forthcoming Great War commemorations.
Continue readingUS WWI Museum seeks your vote on historic Great War posters
Ahead of a new war poster exhibition, the National World War I Museum, Kansas City, is holding a global ballot to find the most popular choice with the public.
Continue readingWar artist Wyndham Lewis to feature in IWM’s 2017 Centenary events
A major retrospective devoted to the First World War work of modernist painter Wyndham Lewis is among the special exhibitions announced for Imperial War Museums’ Centenary year.
Continue readingUS national ceremony to mark WWI Centennial – April 2017
America will commemorate the centenary of its entry into the First World War with a national ceremony on April 6, the US WWI Centennial Commission announces.
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