The Children's War
Open until 2010

To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, this major exhibition will look at the conflict through the eyes of British children. It will provide a moving insight into the lives of evacuees who had to adjust to separation from family and friends and to children who stayed in towns and cities during the Blitz.

Visitors can find out more about evacuation, the threat of gas attacks, air raid precautions, rationing, school and work, pastimes and entertainment, VE Day celebrations. As well as being able to go inside an Anderson shelter, visitors can walk through a recreation of a wartime house and view sections of a 'prefab' home.

Inter-actors and those who lived through the war as children will make regular appearances to bring the exhibition to life.

This exhibition has been mounted as part of the Their Past Your Future project, funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The project brings together children and those who lived through the Second World War, to promote education and understanding between generations.
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