{"id":293,"date":"2010-10-29T06:19:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-29T06:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-10-29T06:27:53","modified_gmt":"2010-10-29T06:27:53","slug":"referencing-the-imperial-war-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"Referencing the Imperial War Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Imperial War Museum ( IWM<\/a> ) has changed a lot since I first
\nvisited it some time around 1963.<\/p>\n

I still have a very strong impression of just what the museum
\nwas like at the time,
\nand the displays upon the horrors of World War One.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been back to the IWM several times over the years since
\nthen.<\/p>\n

I Recently went on a librarians visit to the new
\nExplore History Centre<\/a> within the IWM.<\/p>\n

The Explore centre replaces what used to be the Museum
\nLibrary, and is a good starting place for anyone who wishes to
\nlearn more about the various aspects of the various wars
\nwhich Britain has been involved in since the turn of the 19th
\ncentury.<\/p>\n

Not only can one access the books and papers which are held
\nwithin the museum,
\nbut it\u2019s audio visual materials too.<\/p>\n

This is also the starting point from which one may undertake
\nsome research in to ones family history,
\nbut find out about how wars have been waged during the 20th
\ncentury.<\/p>\n

The idea behind the Explore Centre is that what is held within
\nthe Museum should be easily available to everyone.<\/p>\n

Both World War One & Two were \u2018peoples wars\u2019,
\nand the collection is a reflection of this very fact.<\/p>\n

Thus the Museum has a vast collection of books, documents,
\nand other items upon the subject of Conscientious Objection<\/a>,
\ntogether with many sound recording made by COs.<\/p>\n

e.g.
\nby Harold Bing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amongst the items I was shown the last letter of Edith Cavell<\/a>,
\nwhos statue Women In Black<\/a> hold their vigils<\/a>,
\n&
\na collection of letters from people who were on the Lusitania<\/a>
\nwhen it was torpedoed in 1915.<\/p>\n

The IWM has a holding of over 5 miles of books,
\n50,000 badges,
\nand the largest collection of paintings within the UK.<\/p>\n

So you should be able to find something of interst for
\neveryone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) has changed a lot since I first visited it some time around 1963. I still have a very strong impression of just what the museum was like at the time, and the displays upon the horrors of World War One. I\u2019ve been back to the IWM several times … Continue reading Referencing the Imperial War Museum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.theproject.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}