National WWI Museum opens exhibit showcasing personal accounts of war
The new exhibit, titled 'Encounters', showcases various narratives of the Great War using state-of-the-art visual storytelling, the museum says. 'Encounters' will share first-person accounts of 16 different soldiers and individuals involved in the war using their diaries, letters and photos.
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According to the museum, the visuals and accounts include:
Allied and Central Power soldiers on the Western Front and in submarines.
British and colonial Indian soldiers contemplating death and the futility of war.
Women working in factories in support of the war effort.
Dissenters who were arrested and tried for protesting the war.
'Encounters' took three years to complete in a process of 'reinvigorating' to museum and memorial, the museum said in a news release.
The new additions feature a new lower level and open storage center, updates to the main gallery, including 14 new interactive screens, three new films, new lighting and effects, updated trenches and a realistic replica field hospital.
This weekend in honor of Memorial Day, admission will be free for active-duty and veterans. The public will receive half-price admission as well.
For more information on the WWI Museum and Memorial, its new features and events held at the museum, click .
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