From May to November, the Tower of London will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War with a new display of ceramic poppies installed at the heart of the historic fortress. The new installation will use poppies from the acclaimed 2014 artwork, ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’, which saw the Tower encircled by a ‘sea’ of poppies becoming a site for remembrance. With nearly 30,000 poppies from the original installation, on loan from Imperial War Museums’ collection, returning to the Tower to form a new display, marking and reflecting on the sacrifices made by so many during the Second World War.
The display will run through VJ Day, 15 August, until 11 November, culminating in a moment of remembrance for Armistice Day.