George Cross awarded For Valor - same prestige as the Victoria Cross but not in a war zone. Rarer than the VC. Very few originals not held by the museum.
As you said, some exhibits were removed for the construction. The Lancaster bomber 'G for George', Japanese midget sub and a short film by Peter Jackson on planes in the First World War. While Mephisto was on loan to the memorial for a period, I believe it's back in Queensland. The construction area when you were going down stairs was where the pre WW1 exhibit was if I remember correctly. I hope you were able to do a free guided tour off camera, the insight they provide is amazing.
As one of the Memorial's voluntary guides, I'm glad you enjoyed your tour. Guiding is a labour of love and a sacred duty for all of us, and we all love to hear feedback that our tours are hitting the mark. We put a lot of research and effort into making sure that our tours are factual, informative and engaging. Join another one next time you're here - every guide has a different take on the place.
@@greybirdo Thanks for that comment. Actually I did have a some questions to ask of a couple of staff there and they were clearly very educated on the museum and very helpful. You've got a great team there.
Australian WW1 official war historian, C E W Bean, packed up and sent many many crates of original artefacts back with a view to creating a museum. Every conflict since has seen the same process.
When you visited, the Memorial was all back to front due to the redevelopment work, but as of 23 September 2024, the old entrance (now called the Commemorative Entrance) reopened, and the Memorial now has a logical flow again. The flow makes much more sense when you start at the front, either with the Roll of Honour and Hall of Memory and then through to First World War Gallery and the rest, or start with FWW and do the Roll of Honour at the end of the galleries. In January 2025, the massive new main entrance will open, and the Memorial will start to see some of the massibely expanded gallery space open up. Aircraft Hall closes in January 2025 for at least 12 months, to enable the link to the brand new ANZAC Hall to be completed and toallow for it to have its major exhibitions re-mounted.
Great Museum! Very good Video! Thank you very much!
Thank you, yes it's an amazing museum. It was even better than I'd hoped.
That's a great looking museum. I hope you had a good trip
Thanks mate. That was certainly the highlight of the trip!
George Cross awarded For Valor - same prestige as the Victoria Cross but not in a war zone. Rarer than the VC. Very few originals not held by the museum.
As you said, some exhibits were removed for the construction. The Lancaster bomber 'G for George', Japanese midget sub and a short film by Peter Jackson on planes in the First World War. While Mephisto was on loan to the memorial for a period, I believe it's back in Queensland. The construction area when you were going down stairs was where the pre WW1 exhibit was if I remember correctly. I hope you were able to do a free guided tour off camera, the insight they provide is amazing.
Thanks for that extra information Greg!
As one of the Memorial's voluntary guides, I'm glad you enjoyed your tour. Guiding is a labour of love and a sacred duty for all of us, and we all love to hear feedback that our tours are hitting the mark. We put a lot of research and effort into making sure that our tours are factual, informative and engaging.
Join another one next time you're here - every guide has a different take on the place.
@@greybirdo Thanks for that comment. Actually I did have a some questions to ask of a couple of staff there and they were clearly very educated on the museum and very helpful. You've got a great team there.
Australian WW1 official war historian, C E W Bean, packed up and sent many many crates of original artefacts back with a view to creating a museum. Every conflict since has seen the same process.
Thanks for that extra peice of information, much appreciated.
When you visited, the Memorial was all back to front due to the redevelopment work, but as of 23 September 2024, the old entrance (now called the Commemorative Entrance) reopened, and the Memorial now has a logical flow again. The flow makes much more sense when you start at the front, either with the Roll of Honour and Hall of Memory and then through to First World War Gallery and the rest, or start with FWW and do the Roll of Honour at the end of the galleries.
In January 2025, the massive new main entrance will open, and the Memorial will start to see some of the massibely expanded gallery space open up.
Aircraft Hall closes in January 2025 for at least 12 months, to enable the link to the brand new ANZAC Hall to be completed and toallow for it to have its major exhibitions re-mounted.
Thanks, I hope I get a chance to visit again and see the new layout.