Museum of the Manchester Regiment

Temporary Exhibitions

Boer War Exhibition:

Tameside Local Studies and Archives Centre have created an on-line exhibition exploring the lives of Manchester Regiment soldiers during the Boer War (1899-1902).

Current Temporary Exhibition:

The Museum of the Manchester Regiment has mounted a special exhibition running from 4th July to 18th December 2008 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the modern Territorial Army (TA) and to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

This exhibition, held at Ashton-under-Lyne Town Hall, aims to encourage both existing and new visitors to come and learn more about the Regiments Territorial Soldiers in the First World War.

During World War 1 thousands of men, from across Lancashire, from Wigan and Oldham through Manchester and Ashton joined Territorial battalions. Many volunteered to serve overseas, in the deserts of Egypt, the rocky lands of Gallipoli and the muddy trenches of the Western Front. Over 4000 of these men would not see their home and loved ones again. Each of these men will be remembered in a special art-installation, created using poppies, on display in the Museum during the exhibition.

Two special talks are also being held in the Museum during the course of the exhibition to highlight some of their experiences 90 years ago.

a) The history and use of the Machine Gun on Tuesday 28 October 2008 at 1pm in the Museum. This talk is free.
b) ‘The Manchester Territorials at War 1914-18’ at 7pm, on Thursday 18 December 2008 by Dr Bill Mitchinson of the Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham. This talk is £2 per person and must be booked in advance, at the Museum.

Future Exhibitions:

The Museum aims to mount a new temporary exhibition every six months over the next five years. Each of the following exhibitions will also appear on-line but please do visit the museum and see the objects for yourself, first hand.

These exhibitions are planned to be:

January - June 2009

• The Ardwicks: The Story of the 8th Battalion.

July - December 2009

• Our Friends Abroad: The Story of the Regiments. Allied Units.

January - June 2010

• Boy Soldiers: The Regiments Cadets.

July - December 2010

• Life on the Move: The Story of Campaign Furniture.

January - June 2011

• The Home Guard: The Story of the Regiments. Home Guard Units.

July - December 2011

• To be decided

Do you have any objects or information about these themes that we could use in our exhibition? If you do the curator would very much like to talk with you about your knowledge of these themes and any objects that you may have that connect the themes with the Manchester Regiment.

As you can see the July - December 2011 exhibition has yet to he decided. Have you any ideas for future exhibitions that tell a lesser-known aspect of the Manchester Regiment Story. If you do please feel free to contact the curator.

Past Exhibitions:

• Exhibitions from 2007
• Prisoners: The Story of the Regiment’s Far East Prisoners of War 1942-1945 (Jan - June 2008)

Contact Information
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