Past Exhibit:
First World War Comes to Life
The First World War Comes To Life project was a large-scale, animated exhibit that travelled across Canada, 2015-2016.
About the Project
First World War Comes to Life is a fully-animated exhibit that explores the lesser known wartime contributions of the Canadian men and women who served beyond the trenches, both at home and overseas. From home front relief efforts and wartime production to frontline communications and medical aid, the exhibit offers a series of dynamic displays and activities for visitors to experience the sights, sounds and smells of a world behind the front lines.
Sur le projet
La PremiΓ¨re guerre mondiale reprend vie est une exposition interactive qui examine les contributions dβailleurs oubliΓ©es des Canadiennes et des Canadiens qui servirent dβautre part que dans les tranchΓ©es, autant Γ domicile quβoutremer. Lβexposition prΓ©sente une sΓ©rie de montages animΓ©s mettant en vedette les efforts de soutien et de la production en temps de guerre, ainsi que la communication et lβaide mΓ©dicale, de maniΓ¨re Γ immerger les participants dans ses rΓ©alitΓ©s visuelles, sonores et olfactives.
Event Details
Visitors of all ages are invited to engage with live costumed interpreters and explore how they too can contribute to the war effort:
Join a victory rally and βknit your bitβ for the boys on the front
Explore the inside of a 1918 Ford Ambulance and train for your First Aid Nursing certificate
Keep the lines of communication open and send a message by carrier pigeon
Sow the seeds of victory in your very own backyard war garden
Inspect the handiwork of a munitionette and see if you are fit for factory war work
Generously funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage and Veterans Affairs, First World War Comes to Life is curated by the Victoria County Historical Society. The exhibit is currently travelling across Canada through to 2018 to mark the centenary of the First World War. While the project works to share collective wartime experiences from across Canada, the exhibit also highlights stories of local contributions relevant to each community it visits. Through these overlooked stories, First World War Comes to Life expands the definition of what it meant to serve and explores the legacy of this pivotal time in Canadian history.
Détails de l'évènement
Les visiteurs de tous les Γ’ges sont invitΓ©s Γ sβintΓ©grer aux activitΓ©s organisΓ©es par des animateurs costumΓ©s afin dβexplorer par eux-mΓͺmes les opΓ©rations qui contribuΓ¨rent Γ lβeffort de guerre :
CΓ©lΓ©brez avec les troupes une victoire tricotΓ©e serrΓ©e grΓ’ce aux vΓͺtements chauds produits Γ domicile
Explorez lβintΓ©rieur dβune ambulance Ford de 1918, et recevez votre certification de premiers soins infirmiers
Tenez-vous responsable des rΓ©seaux de communication, et envoyez un message par pigeon voyageur
Assurez la paix dans votre propre jardin de guerre
Inspectez le travail de munitionette et tentez lβexpΓ©rience ouvriΓ¨re de lβusine en temps de guerre
La PremiΓ¨re Guerre mondiale reprend vie, un projet organisΓ© et prΓ©parΓ© par Victoria County Historical Society, est gΓ©nΓ©reusement financΓ© par le ministΓ¨re du Patrimoine canadien et dβAnciens Combattants. Lβexposition commΓ©more le centenaire de la PremiΓ¨re Guerre mondiale en voyageant partout au Canada jusquβen 2018, et, de concert avec son but premier de reporter les expΓ©riences de guerre du pays, elle sera aussi en mesure de surligner les contributions locales des communautΓ©s visitΓ©es. DβaprΓ¨s ces rΓ©cits souvent nΓ©gligΓ©s, La PremiΓ¨re Guerre mondiale reprend vie tente de transformer la perception de ce moment important de lβhistoire du Canada, et de redΓ©finir de maniΓ¨re plus inclusive la portΓ©e du service militaire.
Event / ΓvΓ©nements
September 3-4, 2016 β MusΓ©e Stewart, Montreal, QC
August 27-28, 2016 β Fort George, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
August 13-14, 2016 β Fort York, Toronto, ON
July 30-31, 2016 β Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON
July 16-17, 2016 β Halifax Citadel, NS
July 13-14, 2016 β Fort Anne, Annapolis Royal, NS
July 9-10, 2016 β Fortress Louisbourg, Louisbourg, NS
July 3-4, 2016 β Cobbs Pond Rotary Park, Gander, NL
July 1, 2016 β The Rooms, St. Johnβs, NL
Sponsors & Partners / Nos Partenaires & Commanditaires
Funded by / FinancΓ© par:
Administered by / AdministrΓ© par:
With the generous support of / Avec le gΓ©nΓ©reux soutien de:
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Join Us! / Rejoignez-nous!
Do you want First World War Comes to Life to come to your museum or event? Complete an application form to add your name to the list.
Voulez-vous La Première Guerre mondiale reprend vie pour venir à votre musée ou événement? Accomplissez un formulaire de demande pour ajouter votre nom à la liste.