Travelling exhibition: The Road to Armageddon: How the Western Front developed 1914-1915
The exhibition “The Road to Armageddon: How the Western Front developed 1914-1915” is a travelling exhibition brought to you by the Sir John Monash Centre. It explores the stalemate of the First World War and the evolution of living conditions on the Western Front.
In 1915, trench warfare became firmly established on the Western Front, plunging the conflict into a deadly stalemate. Soldiers endured some of the harshest living conditions of the war, made even worse by the introduction of one of the most feared weapons of the conflict: gas warfare.
Inaugurated in autumn 2025, the exhibition explores several themes, including the organisation of trench networks, the daily lives of soldiers, and the evolution of military equipment. Visitors also have the opportunity to hold, or even try on, authentic reproductions of British, French, and German helmets and gas masks, bringing this dramatic period of history to life.
The Road to Armageddon exhibition is presented across ten bilingual panels in both French and English and also includes nine reproduction helmets and gas masks.
Our travelling exhibition is available to all organisations, associations, and cultural centres wishing to share the soldiers’ experience of the First World War. If you would like to host the exhibitionor if you have any questions about it, please contact us at [email protected].
Discover our other travelling exhibition: Australians on the Western Front.