New Exhibition Home Front Opening 26 FEB 2016

Friday, 8 January 2016, 1:53 pm
Press Release: Auckland Museum

New Exhibition Home Front Opening 26 FEB 2016

Focusing on life ‘at home’ during the First World War, the Home Front exhibition will explore how events half a world away shaped lives at home. This is the third in a series of WWI Centenary commemorative exhibitions.

The experience of loss was almost universal for those who remained in New Zealand during WWI. Uncertainty pervaded everything. Would sons, husbands, fathers, brothers live through the ordeal, or come home seriously injured? When would the war end? Could families make ends meet until the breadwinner returned?

Patriotic and fundraising organisations channeled their energies into supporting New Zealand servicemen. But not everyone supported the war effort. While some communities pulled together, others were pulled apart by differences of opinion.

Sainsbury Horrocks Gallery
Auckland Museum
26 FEB to 13 NOV 2016
FREE with Museum Entry

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