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A Museum at War - Snapshots of life at the Natural History Museum during World War One (Hardcover)
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A Museum at War - Snapshots of life at the Natural History Museum during World War One (Hardcover)
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In autumn 1914, as Europe's military `doomsday machine' creaks into
gear, the war effort at the Natural History Museum is about to
spring into life. The grounds become an ad hoc military barracks,
first aid units are formed and staff from across the institutions
of `Albertopolis' are marshalled into the Volunteer Corps for Home
Defence (Museum section). During the coming years many Government
departments turn to the Museum for its scientific expertise and
innovation. The knowledge held within the Museum becomes a vital
repository for the military, on everything from equine anatomy to
moth damage on the air balloons of the Royal Naval Air Service. In
A Museum at War, historian and journalist Karolyn Shindler presents
a series of compelling snapshots of life at the Museum during the
Great War and demonstrates how deeply it affected the people
working there. She reveals not only how the four years of war
fundamentally altered all aspects of Museum life but also how the
Museum itself made an important contribution to Britain's war
effort.
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