Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
First World War Centenary Partnership Programme Josie Gale Centenary Programme Museum Liaison Officer for English Regions
Citation preview
First World War Centenary PartnershipProgramme
Josie GaleCentenary Programme Museum Liaison Officer for English Regions
UK Government
WalesSir Deian Hopkin
ScotlandProf. Norman Drummond
Northern IrelandMr Jeffrey Donaldson
UK Rt Hon Maria Miller MP
Dr Andrew Murrison MP
Examples of websites• ww100.govt.nz• anzaccentenary.gov.au• awm.gov.au/1914-1918/• flandershouse.org/the-great-war-
centennial-2014-2018theworldwar.org
Examples of projects• europeana1914-1918.eu/en/contributor• 1914 - Centennial - 1918: The World Remembers• Fields of Battle - Terre de Paix
International
2014
IWM NorthSpecial exhibition
IWM LondonFWW galleries
Art exhibition
Film screenings &public programmes
• locally• nationally• internationally
2016
Still from the Battle of the Somme film
2018: impact, legacy
Business as usual• Exhibitions• Learning programmes• Public events• ConferencesIWM Centenary Programme• Family of digital productso Lives of the FWWo Diaries of the FWWo Photographs of the FWWo Art of the FWW
• Digital learning resources• Film screenings
2014 - 2018
Diaries of the First World War
dates and timesplacespeopleother unitsbattles
casualty numbersgallantry awardsweatherevents (people joining, command changes, postings, etc.)equipment lists
Photos of the First World War
• Partnership extranet• Networks & expertise• Free resources • Centenary brand mark• Cross-promotion• Evaluation - impact
www.1914.org/partners
FWW Centenary Partnership
Timelines: 1871 - 1929
50 photographs3 film clips5 sound bites
Alfred Leete, Kitchener: Original Artwork for the ‘London Opinion’
10 collections of personal papers 15 works of art
17 objects
Collection Items: 100 assets
Rudder from German Albatros DIII
Illustrated letters from William Britton to his young son Billie, October 1917
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 28 June 1914
Women workers at the National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell
Paul Nash, Wire, 1918
Henry Rushbury, The War Refugees’ Camp, Earl’s Court, 1918
Useful Guides
CommunicationsCollections & ResearchArtLearning
Arts Council England
• Grants For the Arts
• Strategic Touring Programme
• Please go to www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding for more information
Heritage Lottery Fund
• ‘Then and Now’ – New grant programme to fund First World War projects
• £6 million to distribute over the next 6 years
• Grants available will be from £3,000 - £10,000
• Funding will be available throughout the UK and open to any group
• A decision will be made on any application within 8 weeks
• Further information: www.hlf.org.uk/HowToApply/programmes
Funding Opportunities
• Post funded by Arts Council England until March 2015• Based at IWM London• Role involves:• Encouraging museums in England to engage with the First World War
Centenary
• Look strategically at where museums can work together to create better quality projects with a lasting legacy and to avoid duplication of work
• Be a point of contact for anyone enquiring about the Centenary
• Monitor and contribute content to the Partnership Programme extranet
Centenary Programme Museum LiaisonOfficer for English Regions
Museum of English Rural Life
• Working on ‘Reading at War’ exhibition with Reading Museum
• Also participating in the University of Reading’s commemoration event
RAF Halton Trenchard Museum
• Planning an exhibition from mid-2014 for a year
• It will portray infantry and RFC/RAF mechanic training on the Halton Estate during WW1
Tom Browns School Museum
• Exhibition for 2014: ‘Remembering 1914’
• Will feature soldiers (and their families) who were killed in the First World War.
• They have put out a request for any local information that may help them
Case Studies – Projects already planned inBerks, Bucks and Oxfordshire
Contemporary Relevance - Shared Experience - Lasting Legacy
• Debating• Engaging• Exploring• Listening• Observing• Participating• Reflecting• Researching
FWW Centenary Programme
Walter BayesThe Underworld: Taking cover in a Tube Station
during a London Air Raid, 1918
