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Our Director of Collections and Research, Dr Alison Smith, discusses the role of our museum in wartime London, when we staged one of our largest and most popular exhibitions.
Organised by Clementine Churchill, ‘Artists Aid Russia’ brought together 904 artworks, composed of paintings, sculptures, prints, etchings, Lithographs and miniatures.
Held from 1 July to 4 August 1942, with our museum serving as both a cultural showcase and a fundraising effort for the Red Cross 'Aid to Russia Fund', newspaper cuttings report that there were queues stretching round the block.
SEE IT NOW: THE WALLACE COLLECTION AT WAR
Free display
wallacecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions-displays/the-wallace-collection-at-war
Our Director of Collections and Research, Dr Alison Smith, discusses the role of our museum in wartime London, when we staged one of our largest and most popular exhibitions.
Organised by Clementine Churchill, ‘Artists Aid Russia’ brought together 904 artworks, composed of paintings, sculptures, prints, etchings, Lithographs and miniatures.
Held from 1 July to 4 August 1942, with our museum serving as both a cultural showcase and a fundraising effort for the Red Cross 'Aid to Russia Fund', newspaper cuttings report that there were queues stretching round the block.
SEE IT NOW: THE WALLACE COLLECTION AT WAR
Free display
wallacecollection.org/whats-on/exhibitions-displays/the-wallace-collection-at-war
