Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 15, 2014 15:44:33 GMT 12
Jackson to help develop WWI exhibition
By Sarah Robson, NZ Newswire
Updated August 15, 2014, 1:45 pm
Filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson will help develop a museum exhibition to commemorate the centenary of World War I, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
The temporary exhibition will be housed at Wellington's Dominion Museum building, which overlooks the National War Memorial.
The exhibition will open in April 2015 and run for the rest of the centenary period, until 2019.
Sir Peter is leading the creative team developing the exhibition.
He says the generation who served in WWI were reluctant to discuss what they had experienced.
"Now the last veteran has gone, it's appropriate that New Zealand commemorates their achievements," he said.
"This museum will not cover the strategies of the generals, but will deal with what life was like for both the Kiwi soldier leaving their families to fight a foreign war on the other side of the world, and for those left behind."
Mr Key says Sir Peter has big plans for the exhibition.
"I think it will be a magnificent exhibition that over time evolves, as indeed WWI did," he told reporters.
In one of the rooms, Sir Peter wants to recreate the smells soldiers experienced in the trenches on the front line.
"You'll probably only be able to stay there for a few moments because it will offend your senses, but he's trying to give you a sense of what the soldiers actually had to go through," Mr Key said.
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson says the exhibition will enhance New Zealanders' understanding of WWI and its impact on the nation.
"It will draw on and complement private collections and other museums across New Zealand including the army, air force and navy service museums, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum," he said.
"It will be a tremendous addition alongside Te Papa's Gallipoli exhibition, being developed in partnership with Weta Workshop and also scheduled to open next year."
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By Sarah Robson, NZ Newswire
Updated August 15, 2014, 1:45 pm
Filmmaker Sir Peter Jackson will help develop a museum exhibition to commemorate the centenary of World War I, Prime Minister John Key has announced.
The temporary exhibition will be housed at Wellington's Dominion Museum building, which overlooks the National War Memorial.
The exhibition will open in April 2015 and run for the rest of the centenary period, until 2019.
Sir Peter is leading the creative team developing the exhibition.
He says the generation who served in WWI were reluctant to discuss what they had experienced.
"Now the last veteran has gone, it's appropriate that New Zealand commemorates their achievements," he said.
"This museum will not cover the strategies of the generals, but will deal with what life was like for both the Kiwi soldier leaving their families to fight a foreign war on the other side of the world, and for those left behind."
Mr Key says Sir Peter has big plans for the exhibition.
"I think it will be a magnificent exhibition that over time evolves, as indeed WWI did," he told reporters.
In one of the rooms, Sir Peter wants to recreate the smells soldiers experienced in the trenches on the front line.
"You'll probably only be able to stay there for a few moments because it will offend your senses, but he's trying to give you a sense of what the soldiers actually had to go through," Mr Key said.
Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Chris Finlayson says the exhibition will enhance New Zealanders' understanding of WWI and its impact on the nation.
"It will draw on and complement private collections and other museums across New Zealand including the army, air force and navy service museums, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum," he said.
"It will be a tremendous addition alongside Te Papa's Gallipoli exhibition, being developed in partnership with Weta Workshop and also scheduled to open next year."
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