Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
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‘Making a New World’ – 2018 Centenary events coming up at IWM
As well as displaying the Tower of London Poppies, Imperial War Museums announce they will also hold a programme of special events in 2018 to close their First World War Centenary commemorations.
Continue readingFinal Tower Poppies tour venues named
Six cities are to host the Tower of London Poppies in 2018, the last year of their UK tour marking the First World War Centenary.
Continue readingSchools’ WW1 Centenary quilt display in Cardiff
Two commemorative quilts designed and handmade by 130 Monmouthshire schoolchildren for the First World War Centenary are on display at the Welsh Assembly's Pierhead Futures Gallery.
Continue readingRecord visitors at Austria’s Military History Museum
Visitor numbers at the Vienna-based museum dedicated to Austrian military history hit a new record in 2017 – with the First World War again a significant draw.
Continue readingNew Cambrai tank museum opens, March 2018
A museum built to mark the Battle of Cambrai Centenary will open to the public on March 15, with the British tank Deborah as its centrepiece.
Continue reading‘Gassed’ in US Midwest debut at WWI Museum
One of the best known First World War paintings, depicting the aftermath of a gas attack, is the focus for a new exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City.
Continue readingLookahead to the Royal Air Force Centenary
A mass flypast, 100-day baton relay and the unveiling of new galleries at the RAF Museum, Hendon, are among events coming up to mark the 100th birthday of Britain’s Royal Air Force.
Continue readingUpdate on Zeebrugge Raid conference at Royal Navy Museum
The National Museum of the Royal Navy announces more details of its April conference marking the centenary of Britain’s attempt to block German U-boat bases in Flanders.
Continue readingZeebrugge Centenary – ‘Battle for the North Sea’ exhibition coming up in Bruges
The crucial struggle waged between the British navy and the Flanders-based German submarine fleet during the First World War is explored in a new exhibition, opening in Bruges on April 21.
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