Museums – Page 34 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Review of WW1 Centenary year 2017

Centenary News looks back at some of many events in 2017 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First World War.

December 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

December 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Final 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.

January 14, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Schools’ 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.

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January 28, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Record 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.

February 12, 2018 CN Editorial Team

New 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.

February 27, 2018 CN Editorial Team

‘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.

March 6, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Lookahead 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.

March 16, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Update 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.

March 20, 2018 CN Editorial Team

Zeebrugge 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.