Events
Half-Term Activities for all the Family!
Sunday 14 - Sunday 21 February 1.30-3.30pm
Family Drop-In Workshops for all ages, come and along and enjoy a vareity of art and craft activities from sculpture and painting to medal making and collage.
Pop in for 10 minutes or stay for the full 2 hours. (Under 8's must be accompanied by an adult).
Monday 15 February - Make a DLI Soldier
Tuesday 16 February - Tank Craft
Wednesday 17 February - Art in the Museum; Medals
Thursday 18 February - Military Handling Session, get hands on with our military collections.
Friday 19 February - Wartime Games and Past Times, try your hand a vareity of wartime games. Are they that different to the games we play today?
Saturday 20 February - Military Handling Session
Sunday 21 February - Medal Madness, look round our medal gallery, and then create your own medals!
All materials supplied, suitable for all ages and no booking is necessary. These sessions are free! (normal building admission charge applies).
Handling Sessions
Objects from the Stores
This is a wonderful opportunity to get hands on and get to know a little more about objects held in the DLI Museum collections.
Infantry Firearms of the Second World War: part one
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 January, 1.30-3.30pm
An assortment of Allied small arms from the battlefields of World War Two.
Medals
Saturday 6 February, 1.30-3.30pm
This session will look at the stories behind campaign medals, particularly WWI and WWII, as well as exploring the gallantry medals that have been awarded for bravery. If you have any medals at home, please bring them along and have them identified.
In conjunction with the Friends of the DLI Museum.
Infantry Firearms of the Second World War: part two
Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 March, 1.30-3.30pm
An assortment of Axis small arms from the battlefields of World War Two.
War Talks
The DLI Archive: Reflections from the inside and the outside
by Gill Parkes & John Sheen
Saturday 23 January 2009 2.00pm
Since the transfer of the DLI Archive to the County Record Office, a huge amount of work has taken place on letters, maps, photographs, oral history and records of individual soldiers and various levels of units. This talk will reflect on the archivist's view of the collection.
A history of the military sniper, from the 19th - 21st century
by Martin Pegler
Saturday 13 March 2.00pm
How did the science of sniping originate and why has it become NATO's fastest growing specialism? Author Martin Pegler explores the snipers' world and will answer these, and many other questions about this most secret subject.
The Steel of the DLI
by John Sheen
Saturday 10 April 2.00pm
The 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry was one of only a few regular units that didn't have its history written after the Great War. With the publication of "The Steel of the DLI" last October, John Sheen has rectified this gap in the Regimental history. The talk will cover the service of the battalion in France from 1914 until the Armistice in 1918.
Annand VC and 2DLI France 1940
by Harry Moses
Saturday 15 May 2.00pm
The 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry arrived in France in September 1939 as its forebears had done in September 1914. The talk will cover the Battalion's action on the River Dyle, where Lieut. Richard Annand won the first Army VC of the Second World War, and the final action of the campaign at St. Venant.
Witness: Women War Artists
by Kathleen Palmer
Saturday 19 June 2.00pm
This talk explores the remarkable experiences and achievements of women war artists throughout the Twentieth Century. Women have commissioned through Official War Art schemes since the First World War. Many have also worked independantly, offering an official perspective.
With images from the Imperial War Museum's art collection and using the artists' own words.
Tickets
Adult £4.35, Adult Concession £3.25, Child £2.45, Season Ticket Holder £2.15.
Tickets can be bought in advance from the DLI Museum shop or by calling 0191 3842214.
Note: There are only a limited number of tickets available for each talk, so get your tickets NOW!
See a full list of Events on the Durham County Council website.