The World War One Centenary Exhibition

Overview

Commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign with a brand new exhibition at the Melbourne Museum. Starting April 18, The World War One Centenary Exhibition will showcase more than 350 objects from the Imperial War Museum in London, marking the international premiere of the IWM exhibit that attracted more than 8000 UK entries a day.

Visitors to the exhibition will be greeted by the one-tonne Royal Horse Artillery Gun that fired the first British shots on the Western Front. Other significant items include Herbert Hillier’s sketch of the Gallipoli battleground drawn just hours after the initial Allied landing, as well as fragments of the Red Baron’s fighter plane shot down over Northern France. The multi-room exhibition space will be divided by a life-size re-creation of a WWI trench, while video footage and audio production will help bring the wartime experience to life.

The World War One Centenary Exhibition runs April 18 – October 4. For more information and to book tickets, visit ww1exhibition.com.au