Museums – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Was Jutland the battle that won the First World War? – Debate

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.

January 9, 2017 CN Editorial Team

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.

January 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

January 16, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

January 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

January 18, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

January 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Poppy 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.

January 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US 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.

January 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

War 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.

February 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US 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.