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Project Snapshot

Project title: 

 War Poets Collection 


Programme: Your Heritage 
Applicant: Napier University 
Grant awarded: £49,600 
 

In 1917 poets Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon were both treated for shell shock at Craiglockhart War Hospital, now part of the campus of Edinburgh Napier University.

Thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the university’s War Poets Collection is now open to the public, showcasing audio-visual displays and original documents. Talks and tours are available on request, and online materials help school children across Scotland interpret the war and its effects on soldiers.

Visitors enjoying the War Poets Collection, Edinburgh Napier University 

Visitors enjoying the War Poets Collection, Edinburgh Napier University 

Sector

Collections 

Activity

Participation; Learning