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Tuesday 16 March 2010

A selection of websites related to the Blitz and the Second World War, including links to Henry Moore's Shelter Drawings, currently exhibiting at the Tate Britain, London.

Henry Moore exhibition at the Tate Britain 
From 24 February 2010 to 8 August 2010.
'On the night of 11 September 1940, Henry Moore was trapped in Belsize Park Tube station by German bombing; the so-called Shelter Drawings, which he began the next day and continued throughout the Blitz, were to be his best known and best loved works' – Charles Darwent; The Independent website (February 2010).

Grey Tube Shelter 1940; Henry Moore.(Reproduced by permission of The Henry Moore Foundation).

 

Henry Moore's Shelter Drawings 
Click on the thumbnails to view the drawings.

The Museum of London 
An online exhibition covering various themes, including staying alive, being bombed, the changing world and remembering.

The Imperial War Museum 
Permanent galleries, online exhibitions and special exhibitions.

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