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

First World War Christmas storytelling

Performance

Date

19 December 2017

Audience

Families

Location

National Army Museum

Admission

FREE
Booking is not required

Subjects

First World War
Christmas

Costumed WW1 actors
Join us for a series of First World War-themed Christmas stories, brought to life by costumed actors.

Hear what Christmas was like during wartime from a British soldier and a female nurse of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD).

Free drop-in sessions:

  • 11.30am to 12.30pm
  • 1.00pm to 2.00pm
  • 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Special notice

The National Army Museum is closed 25, 26 December 2017 and 1 January 2018.

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"First time @NAM_London today. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible..."

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