Museums – Page 32 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘In Sacrifice for Liberty and Peace’ – US Centennial report from Kansas City

CN contributor Dr Jillian Davidson reports from the April 6 commemorations marking the 2017 Centennial of US entry into World War I.

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum commemorates Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, is marking the Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary with upgrades to its existing Vimy display, and a special 100th anniversary exhibition, Vimy – Beyond the Battle.

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Canadians in the Great War’ – Remembered in France for Arras/Vimy Centenary

Latest Centenary exhibitions in the Béthune-Bruay area of Northern France focus on Canadian soldiers and Commonwealth air units based in Artois during the First World War.

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

Author: Peter Alhadeff

April 13, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Face-to-Face’ in Arras with troops of the Great War

A street display of pictures in Arras brings visitors close to soldiers and many others who served here during the First World War.

April 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Arras tunnels survey presented for 2017 Centenary

Surveyors from the University of Otago have carried out a complex study of the First World War tunnels dug beneath Arras by New Zealand troops.

May 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Australian Memorial Garden opens in Passchendaele

The latest commemorative garden to open at the Passchendaele Memorial Park in Belgium honours Australian soldiers of the Great War.

May 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ launches Centenary projects

Centenary News reports from the opening of ‘Away from the Western Front’, a new venture to raise awareness of WW1 campaigns in Africa, the Balkans and the Middle East.

May 8, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Cambrai tank veteran ‘Deborah’ prepares for Centenary move

A British tank discovered under the battlefields of Cambrai is about to start its final journey to a new museum opening for the November 2017 Centenary.

May 11, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Rare Ottoman Great War carpet for Australian War Memorial

A silk carpet commemorating Turkey’s victory over Allied naval power in the Dardanelles in March 1915 has been acquired by the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.