National Army Museum - See the first objects go into the new Museum

The National Army Museum is closed for redevelopment until 2017, but our programme of exhibitions and events continues at venues across the UK. MUSEUM NEWS First Objects Go into the New Museum New video See the first objects going into the new Museum, including an 18-pounder field gun, and a Humber Pig armoured vehicle. WATCH ONLINE EVENING SERIES Army Wives  8 September 2016, 7pm Army & Navy Club, London Explore the changing image of the army wife over time, as author Midge Gillies talks about her new book: Army Wives: From Crimea to Afghanistan: the Real Lives of the Women Behind the Men in Uniform. ENTRY £10 - BOOK NOW DAYTIME TALKS Australian Military Exemption Courts 8 September 2016, 12.30pm Royal Marsden Conference Centre, London Jennifer McNeice will explore how military exemption courts helped to prevent the introduction of Australian overseas conscription during the First World War. FREE ENTRY - BOOK NOW MUSEUM NEWS Changes to Collection Access and Enquiry Services Collection update Access to our Collection and our enquiry service are temporarily suspended while we are planning and implementing the move back to the Museum. These services will resume in November. FIND OUT MORE EVENING SERIES Myths and Legacies of the Battle of the Somme 21 September 2016, 7pm Army & Navy Club, London Join our expert panel in wrangling with some of the greatest questions that remain about the Somme, its success, its personalities and why it lives on in the public’s imagination. ENTRY £7.50 - BOOK NOW FIRST WORLD WAR ACTIVITIES Soldiers' Stories: Sergeant James Littler Somme, August 1916 Sergeant James Littler’s 100-year-old pocket diary uncovers the horrors of trench warfare on the Somme in haunting and graphic detail. FIND OUT MORE DAYTIME TALKS Comforts for the Troops 22 September 2016, 12.30pm Royal Marsden Conference Centre, London Fiona Joseph explores how the factory women at Cadbury in Birmingham made a phenomenal contribution to the First World War effort, parcelling gifts ('comforts') for the servicemen abroad. FREE ENTRY - BOOK NOW MUSEUM NEWS The Restoration of an 18-Pounder Field Gun New video See this 18-pounder field gun undergoing a huge transformation as part of our major restoration project. WATCH ONLINE RECOMMENDED EVENTS Seven Halts of The SommeHughie O’Donoghue RA Until 2 October 2016 Leighton House Museum, London Seven Halts on The Somme recalls seven stopping points where troops were halted during one of the bloodiest military battles in history. Each painting presents a bold and vivid interpretation of a place in the landscape and a commemoration of individual lives. FIND OUT MORE

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