From the 8th of August until the 12th of October, the Lakes District Museum will be fortunate enough to host a very special exhibition called the Shadows of Shoah.

With just under a month until this exhibition opens, we have a few schools who have already booked in to view this brilliant exhibition which focuses on the holocaust and WWII. Shadows of Shoah is an exhibition which has been designed to target a new generation of young people through a brief but compelling format of short films. Screens to showcase this footage will be housed within a circular enclosure inside our gallery. As visitors step inside the enclosure, motion sensors are triggered, which allows short video clips to begin playing. There are 7 films in total, each one is 3 minutes long, giving the total viewing time for the exhibition about 21 minutes. These films feature holocaust survivors speaking about their experiences as children during WWII.

Contact the Lakes District Museum & Gallery today to book your students in to view this exhibition. With the WWI centenary beginning this year, this exhibition is worth visiting as some historians argue that the events of WWI led onto the catastrophic events of WWII. This exhibition would also link well with more general war related themes such as peace and conflict, remembrance, as well as causes and effects.

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Phone: 03 442 0317

Or to learn more about this momentous exhibition click this link to visit the Shadows of Shoah website.