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Exhibitions and Installations

Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles

IWM London
26 May 2023 to 7 January 2024

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Talks and Tours

Volunteer Insights: 10 Minute Talks at HMS Belfast

HMS Belfast
Subject to availability

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Story Seekers IWM North - weekends

IWM North
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A Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy combatant sits beside a hand grenade in Tubmanburg, Liberia. June 2003.
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A Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy combatant sits beside a hand grenade in Tubmanburg, Liberia. June 2003.

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