Poppies Tour

YSP was the first location to host Wave, where the sculpture rose up from YSP’s Lower Lake, reaching over the Park’s historic Cascade Bridge.

At Woodhorn, Weeping Window cascaded 55ft from the winding wheel of the No. 1. Heapstead, an instantly recognisable symbol of the industrial heritage of the region.

St George’s Hall was the second venue to present Weeping Window. Sitting proudly within Liverpool’s cultural quarter and its UNESCO World Heritage site, the Grade I listed building was built in 1854.

St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney was the first venue in Scotland to host Poppies: Weeping Window, installed on the Cathedral’s west end.

Lincoln Castle was the second venue to present Poppies: Wave. Lincoln has many First World War connections, including manufacturing the world’s first operational tank.

At the Black Watch Museum, in the city of Perth, the breathtaking sculpture flowed from a second floor turret window across the Castle grounds.

Caernarfon Castle was the first location in Wales to host  Weeping Window.  The castle was built in the Middle Ages and is home to the Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum. It has hosted a number of First World War commemoration events during the years of the Centenary, as part of Cymru’n Cofio Wales Remembers 1914-1918.

Weeping Window was installed at one of the most identifiable buildings in Hull’s city centre, the Maritime Museum. Formerly the Dock Offices, it witnessed many of the defining events of the First World War.

The sculpture was located at The Barge Pier, built in 1908. Southend was the scene of one of the first air-raid attacks on the UK and many of the artillery guns used were designed and tested at Shoeburyness.

Weeping Window can currently be seen at Derby Silk Mill, which during the First World War was divided into two businesses, one grinding corn and the other making medical supplies, both integral to the British war effort.

Situated in Cardiff Bay, the Senedd is the home of democracy in Wales, where the 60 elected Members of the National Assembly for Wales debate issues that affect Welsh life.

The sculpture can be seen against the backdrop of Plymouth Naval Memorial on The Hoe. The memorial commemoratees the almost 7,300 servicemen and women of the First World War who have no known grave and the seamen of the Royal Navy who sailed from Plymouth.

The Ulster Museum is one of the most iconic buildings in Belfast and houses Northern Ireland’s national collections of art, history and natural science.

Hereford Cathedral dates from 1120 and is renowned for being the home of the Mappa Mundi, 1217 Magna Carta and a unique Chained Library. First World War memorials in the cathedral include a plaque commemorating men of all ranks of the Herefordshire Regiment who died on campaigns in Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and France, and one to Hereford Cathedral School students and staff, including four former choristers.

Fort Nelson is part of a large ring of forts built to defend the naval base of Portsmouth, and one of five forts built on Portsdown Hill in the 1860s. During the First World War it became home to part of Herbert Kitchener’s volunteer army.

Carlisle Castle, which has military connections dating back to the eleventh century, is cared for and opened to visitors by English Heritage and home to Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life. Weeping Window will flow from the top of the keep, arcing over the inner ward wall and cascading down into the outer ward, enabling visitors to view the sculpture from below for the first time.

Middleport Pottery’s historic Grade II* listed site was built in 1888 for a well-known local ceramics company, Burgess & Leigh Limited. It has maintained unbroken pottery production since its Victorian inception.

IWM North is presenting Wave while its sister institution, IWM London, is presenting Weeping Window. At the end of the tour, the two sculptures will go into the long-term ownership of the Imperial War Museums and become part of IWM’s permanent collection.

IWM London is presenting Weeping Window while its sister institution, IWM North, is presenting Wave. At the end of the tour, the two sculptures will go into the long-term ownership of the Imperial War Museums and become part of IWM’s permanent collection.