The museum will open its doors for free all day and offer things to do and see for all ages.
Explore a replica First World War trench (open 10.30am-2.30pm) and find out what life was like for our Tommies on the front line and handle objects that would have been used in battle. Young visitors will be able to try on mini replica First World War uniforms or become a war reporter. Then travel back in time with the BBC Bus experience – a real bus turned into a mini studio in order to tell real stories that affected Cambridgeshire during the First World War.
Between 11.30am and 2pm, there’s a chance to meet and talk to Royal Anglian Regiment veterans and Burma Star veterans. Also, try on camouflage gear worn by contemporary serving Royal Anglian Regiment personnel and handle military objects.
At 11am, a two-minute silence will be observed across the museum, starting and finishing with a museum-wide whistle blast in remembrance of the symbolic signal to go ‘over the top’ in the trenches of the First World War and the millions of men who died in battle. Then, at 12.45, the Sawston Youth Group Band and RAF Cadets will march from the Hangar Base to the Conservation Hall in AirSpace, in preparation of the traditional Service of Remembrance at 1pm.
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