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Poster for Crafted in Conflict Trench Art exhibition to be held at The Devil's Porridge Museum. This exhibition is coming soon.

Crafted in Conflict

By Current Exhibition

We’re delighted to introduce our Crafted in Conflict: Trench Art from the Front Lines and Beyond Exhibition.

Trench Art is often associated with the First World War, but it also applies to items produced in earlier and later wars. In fact Trench Art refers to a diverse range of decorative and functional item created during or shortly after times of conflict. Despite, the name not all of it was created literally in the trenches with some being made by civilians, prisoners of war and more.

This exhibition hopes to help dispel some of the commonly believed myths about Trench Art.

You will be able to learn more about Trench Art from this exhibition and see some examples from The Devil’s Porridge Museum’s collection that are not normally on display.

Visitors can enjoy this exhibition as part of their visit into The Devil’s Porridge Museum. Normal admission prices and opening hours to The Devil’s Porridge Museum do apply. Find our admission prices and opening hours here>

Crafted in Conflict will be at The Devil’s Porridge Museum until 28th February 2025.

 

A trench art heater.

WW1 Trench Art

By Collections blog

This WW1 Trench Art from the Museums store shows what soldiers could create with used objects while they were stuck in the trenches.

 

The first item is an Ash Tray which has been made from the bottom of a shell. As you can see some of the pieces of the shell have been melted and folded outwards to fit cigarettes in them.

The next item is what we think is a lamp or heater. But could also possible be another ash tray looking at the design.

 

Trench art is any decorative item made by soldiers, prisoners of war or civilians where the manufacture was directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences. It offers an insight into not only their feelings and emotions about the war, but also their surroundings and the materials they had available to them.

 

Not limited to the World Wars, the history of Trench Art spans conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the present day. Although the practice flourished during World War One, the term ‘trench art’ is also used to describe souvenirs manufactured by service personnel during World War Two. Some items manufactured by soldiers, prisoners of war or civilians during earlier conflicts have been retrospectively described as trench art.

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