Presentation and handling
Build your own Second World War day with a combination of talk, workshop, live interpretation and gallery visit.
- The taught presentation uses a range of textual, visual and artefact sources from the Museum’s Collection as historical evidence to explore a range of themes. These include the significance of events, uniform, weaponry, technology, tactics, the life of the ordinary soldier, the role of women, medical care and remembrance.
- In the workshop students learn and practise rifle drill, and explore the Department’s extensive handling collection of revolvers, machine guns, webbing, equipment, uniform, medals and memorial plaques.
- In the live interpretation students cross-examine an infantry private. Other options include an airborne soldier, an officer or a member of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service).
- The World Wars gallery features original weaponry, armour and artefacts from the Museum’s Collection.
By arrangement we can also offer exploratory workshops using the Museum’s oral history collection; or talks focusing on particular operations. Workshops on the Cold War are also available.
Learning Resources
