Projects Memorial Development Our Continuing Story The Australian War Memorial will undergo a major development of its galleries and precinct?to?ensure it can continue to share stories of remembrance, and the Australian experience of war, for generations to come. Find out more Sufferings of War and Service The Australian War Memorial has commissioned a work of art to recognise and commemorate the suffering caused by war and military service. The sculptural installation will provide a place in the Memorial’s Sculpture Garden for visitors to grieve, to reflect on service experiences, and to remember the long-term cost of war and service.? Find out more Angelica Mesiti: A hundred years The film A hundred years is a meditation on the scars and trauma war leaves on the landscape ? in particular, the Somme battlefields.?Footage of the damaged landscape is combined with music and sounds from nature. Find out more Vivian Bullwinkel Sculpture In 2019 the Australian College of Nursing initiated the development of a sculpture to commemorate Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel (1915?2000) as a great Australian, a great leader, a great woman, and a proud nurse.?The sculpture will be installed into the forecourt of Poppy’s Cafe and will be the first sculpture of an individual nurse or woman in the Memorial’s grounds.? Find out more New Online The Australian War Memorial has recently received funding for a four-year digitisation project running from 2018 to 2022. The project aims to digitise collection items at risk of deterioration, including paper records, film, audio, and images. This will help preserve the original items and allow the collection to be more broadly available to researchers into the future. Find out more Places of Pride National Register of War Memorials Places of Pride , the National Register of War Memorials, is a new Australian War Memorial initiative. It will record the locations and photographs of every publicly accessible memorial across Australia. Find out more V-2 and Meillerwagen Conservation project The V-2 and Meillerwagen have been in the Memorial’s collection since 1957 and are being considered for display as part of the Memorial’s Development Project. A major conservation project is underway to make the V-2 and Meillerwagen display ready. Find out more On closer inspection 360 degree immersive experience On Closer Inspection ?is a series of 360 degree immersive experiences developed by the Australian War Memorial. Find out more Conservation Find advice from the Memorial's Conservators about caring for your mementoes and discover more about conserving the Memorial's collection. Find out more Sculpture memorial for Far East Strategic Reserve The Council of the Australian War Memorial have endorsed in principle a proposal for a sculpture memorial to the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) to be installed in the Memorial’s sculpture garden. Image: Tactical Operator Kenneth W Dusting, on the flag deck of the Daring class destroyer HMAS Duchess during service in the Far East Strategic Reserve (FESR) during the Indonesian Confrontation. C349209 Find out more Centenary projects 2014-2018 From August 2014 until 2018, the Memorial commemorated the centenary of the First World War through a variety of projects. Find out more Memorial projects The Gillespie Bequest: Vietnamese?Australian experiences of the Vietnam War View more TripAdvisor's Travellers’ Choice Award 2016 View more Ta?i sa?n di chu?c cua? ong Gillespie:Nh??ng kinh nghie?m cu?a ng???i U?c go?c Vie?t trong Chie?n tranh Vie?t nam View more Art commissions and projects View more Independent History of the Medical Legacies of the Vietnam War View more Cinematographers View more Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt Frequently Asked Questions View more Last updated: 6 April 2023