D-Day 80th anniversary: Pop-up museums tell Portsmouth’s story

This article was first published by the BBC.

The first in a series of pop-up museums has been set up in Portsmouth, ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

The exhibitions in libraries and shopping centres tell the story of the huge military operation to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe in 1944.

The pop-up museums will tell the story of Portsmouth’s role in the build-up to D-Day when hundreds of thousands of troops were camped out across the south of England, waiting to embark on ships and landing craft.

The first pop-up museum opened in Cosham Library.

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