• 10.00am - 5.30pm
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  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

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'Making Sense of the Great War' book cover
Talk At Museum / Online

7 February 2025, 12.00pm

FREE

Making Sense of the Great War: Crisis, Englishness and Morale

Dr Alex Mayhew discusses the ways that ordinary soldiers on the Western Front viewed the First World War and their place within the conflict.

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‘Souvenir of the Great War’, embroidered postcard, c1917
Talk At Museum / Online

7 March 2025, 12.00pm

FREE

Veterans, Families, Museums and Mementos

Dr Ann-Marie Foster will discuss the relationships between museums, their objects and war.

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'Burying the Enemy' book cover
Talk At Museum / Online

28 March 2025, 12.00pm

FREE

Burying the Enemy

Join Professor Tim Grady as he shares some poignant examples of British and German communities burying the war dead of their enemy during times of conflict.

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Earl Haig Fund poppy lapel badge, c1930
Course At Museum

1 - 2 November 2025, 10.00am

£100.00

Embroidery Course: Poppies

Elevate your embroidery skills on this two-day course inspired by the Museum’s collection and led by experts from Hand & Lock, London’s premier embroidery house.

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