The Australian Government has provided over $700,000 for the refurbishment of the Franco Australian Museum in France, in preparation for the Centenary of the First World War.
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Heritage Lottery Fund provides £1.1 million to York Castle Museum for ‘1914: When the World Changed Forever’
The BBC reports that Heritage Lottery Fund has provided York Castle Museum, England, with a £1.1 million grant for an exhibtion about the outbreak of the First World War.
Continue readingSchoolchildren to record the names of all 62,000 soldiers on Australia’s First World War Roll of Honour for Centenary
News.com.au reports that the names and ages of all 62,000 soldiers on Australia’s First World War Roll of Honour will be recorded by schoolchildren as a “vocal tribute” during the Centenary.
Continue readingBritish Red Cross Museum and Archives First World War digitisation project
The British Red Cross Museum and Archives plans to provide free online access to its collection of 244,000 personnel index cards for members of the First World War Voluntary Aid Detachment.
Continue readingDirector-General of IWM, Diane Lees, tells Centenary News that you can’t understand the world today unless you understand the “causes, course and consequences of the First World War”
In a video interview with Centenary News, the Director-General of the IWM explains the museum’s approach to the Centenary.
Continue readingDirector-General of the Imperial War Museum speaks to Centenary News
In a video interview with Centenary News, Director-General of the Imperial War Museum, Diane Lees, explains the museum's approach to marking the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingHeritage Lottery Fund announces support for Centenary projects across the UK
The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced today Centenary projects at local, regional and national levels which have been awarded financial support.
Continue readingRoyal Engineers Museum, Kent, England, announces Centenary plans
The Royal Engineers Museum, based in Kent, has announced its plans to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
Continue readingNational World War I Museum to host ‘The Coming of the Great War’ symposium
The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, USA, is to host “a symposium on the political, social, economic, cultural, and military events between 1870 and 1913, leading to the Great War 1914-1918”.
Continue readingNational Army Museum announces First World War Centenary plans
Britain’s National Army Museum has announced its four-year plan to mark the Centenary of the First World War.
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