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Assistant Textile Conservator, Stella Gardner adjusting a silk dress made from escape and evade maps used during the Second World War, on loan from Worthing Museum and Art Gallery. Image © Stewart Attwood

New display explores the personal stories behind Second World War Maps

A new display at the National War Museum in Edinburgh Castle will explore the purpose, importance and personal significance of military maps in the Second World War.  

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Legacies of Empire at the National War Museum. Copyright National Museums Scotland-2

Legacies of Empire

27 November 2020 to 29 January 2023
National War Museum, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh

A new exhibition at the National War Museum, Legacies of Empire, examines the histories connected to objects brought back from colonial conflicts by the military forces of the British Empire.

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