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  • National Army Museum, London needs your vote!

    (Stolen from ARRSE http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewto...c/start=0.html )

    Anybody who can vote for this, it's probably a good use of a minutes worth of internet time. Even if the BA is not your favourite organisation!

    The National Army Museum is in the running to win the Arts Fund Prize worth £100,000.00

    Vote for NAM (or an alternative) here:




    Edits: additional information below. Good effort, One and All, keep pulling in the votes!


    Conflicts of Interest is a new gallery dedicated to the modern British Army. It explores both the positive and negative aspects of Army life for the individual soldier, and investigates the role of the British Army on the world stage, focusing on Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Gulf, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan.



    Underpinning all this are the conflicts of interest inherent in Army life: the idea of enforcing peace through violent means; upholding the principles of the military covenant and the struggles soldiers face when juggling work and family commitments. No other exhibition looks so closely at these conflicts in one space; none focuses on the range of issues found in Conflicts of Interest.

    Conflicts of Interest was planned from the outset with the idea that it must be kept relevant and up to date. The Museum continues to update the gallery with new content to reflect the changing face of conflict and is adding to its collectionsof artefacts, images and oralhistory; the media perspective can be updated within 48 hours. Visitors themselves update the exhibition by writing feedback and casting votes in the interactive area, Conflicting Opinions.

    The National Army Museum tells the story of the British soldier, to show how the actions of a few can affect the futures of many, and how Britain’s past has helped to shape the world. The 6.2 million objects in its care illustrate the stories of men and women from 1066 to the present day and the Museum aims to interpret these in ways which inspire and provide enjoyment.

    Project cost: £573,000

    The National Army Museum created Conflicts of Interest with support from designers Met Studio and interactive agency GR/DD.
    'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
    'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
    Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
    He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
    http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

  • #2
    Of course the BA is not our favourite organisation

    in Military terms th

    e vast majority of us here would say that the DF is our favourtite organisation

    however- I quiet like the BA, good memories of your lads looking after me from CYprus to Kabul


    and the fact your women beleived my blatant lies only serves to make me fonder of you lot

    however

    I am in Londondinum very soon and I was planning a viisit to the Imperial War Museum

    which do you recommend the NAM or the IWM
    Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
    The best lack all conviction, while the worst
    Are full of passionate intensity.

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    • #3
      Bin to both. of the two IWM.

      Good Waterloo section in the AM if you are in to it

      There is also the Household Cavalry Museum in Whitehall,
      Last edited by sofa; 27 March 2010, 00:05.

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      • #4
        i'd say the IWM is bigger and better but given that they are both FREE - if you have the time pay them both a visit.

        obviously the IWM focuses more on WW1 and WW2 while the NAM will give you everything about the British Army from past right up to present conflicts in Iraq and Afghan.

        i would also recommend a visit to Churchill's War Rooms not far from Downing Street.

        they are all excellent places and worth devoting one whole day to see all three of them.

        mind you - so are the National Science Museum as well as the Natural History Museum!

        and so is the 'Tower of London' and so is.....

        have fun over here Hedge, PM me your dates and i might buy you a beer!
        RGJ

        ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

        The Rifles

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        • #5
          Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
          I am in Londondinum very soon and I was planning a viisit to the Imperial War Museum

          which do you recommend the NAM or the IWM
          the IWM is my top choice. I go everytime I can get to London as there is always new exhibits going on.

          Although the RAF Museum in Hendon is a worthy visit too.

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          • #6
            I have done the IWM and the Churchill rooms before

            I refuse the RAF thingy because like our AIr Corp they are not real Soldiers

            I wasnt aware of the NAM so its a toss up between seeing a London club play and that,

            I think the tower is an amazing spot- myself and Mrs H watched the TV series on the tower (Dr Ann Keay for me)

            and when we went Mrs H loved it-

            I am looking forward to a pint of Spitfire in fact a full flight of them
            Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
            Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
            The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
            The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
            The best lack all conviction, while the worst
            Are full of passionate intensity.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by hedgehog View Post

              I am looking forward to a pint of Spitfire in fact a full flight of them
              You will only find that on tap in a Shepherd Neame's pub. Not many of those in London!

              The only one I know of is in Greenwich.

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              • #8
                NAM is very good. So is the RAF place in Hendon. If you have kids the London Transport museum in Covent Garden is a good way to kill an hour or so in a central location (kids free, adults around £10.)

                Don't forget, HH, if you are travelling by train, use this lot:

                http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/.

                You have to print off the vouchers from the website before arriving, but they have a booklet (London 2 for 1) that you can get at major train stations where you fill in the voucher on the day by pen. They cover more than London, Bath & Bristol to my certain knowledge. Can save you a fortune.

                You would even get away with buying a cheap train ticket (Paddington - Ealing Broadway for example, don't forget to ask for group / family discount) and present that at the attraction, used or not!

                Try this crowd as well, they don't only do hotels, they have some good theatre / restaurant deals.

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                Last edited by Flamingo; 27 March 2010, 00:27.
                'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                • #9
                  Nice one

                  we are doing a few days in London

                  and then Chunneling it to Paris
                  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                  Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                  The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                  The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                  The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                  Are full of passionate intensity.

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                  • #10
                    Anyway, never mind the travelling, has everybody voted yet?

                    Focus, people!
                    'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                    'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                    Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                    He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                    http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                      Anyway, never mind the travelling, has everybody voted yet?

                      Focus, people!
                      Mucho Apologies- for dragging your thread into alternative tangent
                      As penance I just cat my vote in your favour
                      Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                      Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                      The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                      The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                      The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                      Are full of passionate intensity.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                        Mucho Apologies- for dragging your thread into alternative tangent
                        As penance I just cat my vote in your favour
                        Well done that man!

                        If you need any help or information about travelling by train over here, feel free to PM me! I'm not a spotter, I hasten to add, but I do work on them.
                        'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                        'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                        Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                        He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                        http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                        • #13
                          i voted Knocker - we are currently 7th.
                          RGJ

                          ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                          The Rifles

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                          • #14
                            I'm not Knocker, but thanks for voting!
                            'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
                            'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
                            Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
                            He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
                            http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Flamingo View Post
                              I'm not Knocker, but thanks for voting!
                              feck! sorry - just had your avatar in the corner of my eye and you were beating a similar drum as Knocker,
                              sorry Flamingo!
                              RGJ

                              ...Once a Rifleman - Always a Rifleman... Celer et Audax

                              The Rifles

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