Learning at the National Memorial

Arboretum: Memorial Design

National Memorial Arboretum

• The National Memorial Arboretum is a place for all to visit.

• It is a place of memories where people can come to remember.

• It is also an Arboretum, which means it has lots of trees that have been carefully planted for many different reasons.

• We have many of memorials at the Arboretum and they have lots of different designs, with a variety of materials; for example some have statues, some have plaques and some are trees!

• A great deal of thought goes into the design of a memorial to help it reflect the group, individual, place or event that it is remembering.

• The following slides will show you some examples of memorial designs at the National Memorial Arboretum.

• Come and visit us at the Arboretum and see them for yourself!

• You might like to think about what kind of memorial you could design for your school or youth group.

Armed Forces Memorial

Army Physical Training Corps

The Beat

Birmingham Children's Hospital

Garden of the Innocents

GCHQ

Gurkha Regiments

Household Division

Master Mariners Sundial

Naval Service

Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces

Polar Bear

Quaker Services

The Rail Industry

Royal National Lifeboat Institution

SANDS

Shot at Dawn

Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain

• Where would your memorial be positioned – does it need to be where the sun rises or sets? Does it need to be near some water?

• What materials are you going to use? Why are they relevant to your memorial?

• What is your design going to be? Is it a statue, if so what is the statue of? Is it going to be a shape?

• Are you going to add any names to your memorial?

• Do you need somewhere for people to sit or reflect when they visit your memorial?

• What do you think your budget might be for your memorial?

• Where will the money come from to pay for the memorial?

National Memorial Arboretum

Croxall Road, Alrewas, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR

Tel: 01283 245100

Fax: 02032 072111

Email: education@thenma.org.uk

Part of The Royal British Legion family Charity No. 2927443

Learning at the National Memorial Arboretum

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