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Their Finest Hour - Second World War Digital Collections Day at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
Type:Historical
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
OX20 1SN
Tel: 01993 810210
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JOIN US at SOFO Museum to share your Second World War stories, photos and items - we'll record your stories and photograph your objects to add to the Their Finest Hour online archive.
The museum will open to visitors free of charge throughout the day and will be hosting a range of other 1940s experiences, including living history displays, a replica Anderson Shelter, The Art of World War II and Aces High Gallery exhibitions and much more.
The event is part of a nationwide campaign organised by Their Finest Hour, a team based at the University of Oxford and funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which is collecting and preserving the everyday stories and objects of the Second World War.
As these stories are fast fading from living memory, it is vital that they - and the wartime objects that often accompany them - are preserved for future generations.
At the Digital Collection Day, stories about your family's wartime experience – and associated objects such as diaries, letters, medals, journals and ration books – will be recorded, digitised, and then uploaded to the Their Finest Hour online archive, which will be free-to-use and launch in June 2024.
To encourage even more people to drop in and share their stories, the SOFO Museum will waive its normal admission fee on the day - entry will be free to all on 1st April.
SOFO will also be hosting a range of other Second World War-themed events and exhibitions on the day. Visitors will be able to enjoy displays from 1940s living historians inside the museum, including Winstan, Doing Their Bit, and Ham & Jam. You'll also be able to take a look at the museum's recently installed replica anderson shelter.
Collector John Noott's expansive exhibition, The Art of World War II, will showcase a diverse range of perspectives of the era all produced during the conflict, while the Aces High gallery will have a range of impressive prints - including many signed by veterans - up for sale.
Blenheim Palace will also be supporting the event, providing parking additional for those attending. The museum is just a short walk from the Palace and Blenheim's Woodstock Town gate.
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