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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/the-national-war-museum-390thpldp

march 17, 1917

The National War Museum

Political notes, March 16:
Sir Alfred Mond is forming a committee, of which he will be chairman, to prepare plans for the establishment of a National War Museum, in accordance with the decision of the Cabinet, announced in The Times yesterday. The committee will include representatives of the Admiralty, War Office, and Ministry of Munitions, as well as advisers on art and literature.
The idea is to reconstruct for future generations the story of the British share in the war. The chief categories of exhibits will be relics and records. There will be separate departments to illustrate the work of the sailors, soldiers, and munition workers. The nucleus of these collections is already in the hands of the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Ministry of Munitions. In particular, the Munitions Department has a most interesting museum of its own.
It is understood that the aim will be to include examples of the following in the museum:
1. Material used by the British Forces — guns, rifles, bayonets, trench weapons, tanks, submarines, &c.
2. Trophies captured from the enemy.
3. Souvenirs found on the battlefield.
4. New inventions employed in munition works at home.
5. Literature of the war — books, trench magazines, &c.
6. Maps of the war.
7. Music of the war — trench tunes, marching songs, &c.
8. Art of the war, including trench drawings.
9. Placards issued by the Government for recruiting, economy, &c.
10. Medals and decorations.
11. Autograph letters by distinguished actors in the war.
12. Civilian souvenirs, such as “flag-day” relics.
News in brief, March 17:
The National War Museum
We understand that the question of a site for the National War Museum cannot be settled for some months, and possibly not until the war is over. Meanwhile, the relics and records which it is to contain, as enumerated in The Times yesterday, will be carefully collected and stored, and the work of arranging and cataloguing them will occupy those engaged on it for some months.