Royal Signals Museum - DisplaysDisplay OverviewNEW FOR 2008 - WOMEN AT WARHeritage Lottery Fund support Women at War project. The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded a grant of £50,000 to the Royal Signals Museum “Women at War” project, it was announced today. The aims of the project are neatly summarised by former SOE agent Gervase Cowell's comment to Her Majesty The Queen, in 1999, when he was appointed MBE and she asked him what he was doing now: " I help the old to remember and the young to understand. " The story of Landgirls and women factory workers during the war is well known but little has been done to depict the role of women within the military.With the support of the HLF, the Women at War exhibition aims to engage and enthuse people of all ages, but particularly children in education, in our national heritage by telling the story of women who joined the services and had an active, military role. The award of £50,000 will allow the Museum to create a dynamic multi-media exhibition illustrating this largely untold story of Britain’s unsung heroines. With particular concentration on the The FANYs, SOE and “Y” Service Women at War will illustrate the essential “front line” role of women during the war and in civil emergencies during peacetime. The FANY was formed in 1907 with the purpose of assisting the Military and Civil authorities in times of Emergency. During the First World War, they had a wide ranging role and by the Armistice had been awarded many decorations, including 27 Croix de Guerre. The SOE and “Y” Service had similarly impressive roles.This exhibition and its outreach material will create new insights into the nation’s heritage and the sometimes hidden but formative role of women within our society.Furthermore it will open the eyes of school children to the bravery, sacrifice and achievements of these women who protected our community and our freedom. PERMANENT MUSEUM DISPLAYSThe Royal Signals Museum exists to preserve the history and traditions of our predecessors in the field of military communications. The following is an outline of the topics that are displayed within the Museum and are enhanced by the vivid use of graphic panels, display cases, audio-visual aids and tableaux. They are displayed in chronological order. A brochure is available from the Museum Shop and it outlines the contents of the Museum and is illustrated with over 60 photographs. To view the pages below CLICK on the relevant heading.
( The Museum contains a small gallery where temporary exhibitions can be mounted from material held in the Museum's reserve collections, from touring exhibitions, or from items on loan from other museums, industrial concerns or private individuals) |
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