Culture Secretary Karen Bradley (above) has announced the final venues chosen to host the iconic poppy scuptures Wave and Weeping Window, by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper.
In 2018, Wave will be installed at Fort Nelson, Fareham and IWM North, Manchester while Weeping Window will be going to Hereford Cathedral, Carlisle Castle, Middleport Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent and IWM London.
Over 3.3 million people have visited the poppies since the start of the tour in 2015.
After the tour concludes, the two sculptures will move into the long-term ownership of the Imperial War Museum, becoming part of the permanent collection.
Hereford Cathedral
Weeping Window: 14 March – 29 April
Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
Wave: 13 April – 24 June
Carlisle Castle
Weeping Window: 23 May – 8 July
Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Weeping Window: 2 August – 16 September
IWM North, Manchester
Wave: 8 September – 25 November
IWM London
Weeping Window: 6 October – 18 November
The final two locations on the Poppies Tour will be the two sites of the Imperial War Museum, IWM North and IWM London. The two sculptures will then move into the long-term ownership of the Imperial War Museum, becoming part of the permanent collection.
The breath-taking sculptures were initially conceived as the key dramatic sculptural elements in the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red at the Tower of London in the autumn of 2014, by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper.
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