Museums – Page 8 – First World War Centenary News Archive

December 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

State Library of Queensland launches ‘Q Anzac 100: Memories for A New Generation’

The State Library of Queensland in Australia has launched a five year programme of initiatives to commemorate the First World War and Anzac Centenary.

December 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

IWM London closure after unexpected infrastructure problems encountered

Imperial War Museum London will close for the first half of 2014 after ongoing building work revealed problems with the museum’s infrastructure.

December 28, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Banjo signed by First World War soldiers given to Canadian War Museum

A banjo signed by 28 Canadian soldiers while they were serving in France during the First World War has been donated to the Canadian War Museum.

December 31, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Austrian National Library to mark First World War Centenary

The Austrian National Library will mark the Centenary of the First World War with a large scale digitisation project and a major exhibition.

January 1, 2014 CN Editorial Team

National Museums Scotland unveils First World War Centenary programme

National Museums Scotland has announced its First World War Centenary programme.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the Western Front Association and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 21, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Centenary News films the WFA’s ‘Great War Underground’ conference

Centenary News has filmed The Great War Underground, a conference organised by the WFA and the National Army Museum to explore the hidden world of the tunnellers who fought below ground.

January 23, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Britain’s National Army Museum starts Centenary project to honour the “forgotten” casualties of both World Wars

The National Army Museum in London has appointed two expert researchers to help honour unrecorded casualties of the First and Second World Wars.

February 5, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Giant photos at IWM North Manchester mark vital role of women on the First World War Home Front

The vital contribution of women to the Home Front in the First World War is being marked with a giant display of photographs from the Imperial War Museum’s archives at IWM North in Manchester.

February 7, 2014 CN Editorial Team

Australia’s First World War naval campaign to be marked with major museum project

Australia is to pay tribute to the role of its navy, with a new building at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney promising visitors a “dynamic and interactive” experience.