SABATON Unveils Final Museum Lineup For Global Premiere Of “THE WAR TO END ALL WARS – THE MOVIE”

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Swedish heavy metal band, SABATON, and 119 museums around the world have joined hands for the most anticipated museum event of the year – the global premiere of “The War To End All Wars – The Movie“, which kicks off this week.

This unprecedented global premiere falls under SABATON’s “History Rocks” charity project, developed to help museums across the world by boosting their visibility and introducing them to a new, untapped audience of SABATON fans and history buffs.

The band is excited to reveal the final list of participants in this groundbreaking project and express their heartfelt gratitude to all who have contributed to making this unique venture a reality.

LIST OF PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS:

AUSTRIA
Peace Museum Vienna, Vienna

BELGIUM
Plugstreet 14-18, Comines-Warneton
Talbot House, Poperinge

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Homeland Museum of Gradiška, Gradiška

BRAZIL
Museu do Expedicionário, Curitiba
Museu Militar do Comando Militar do Sul, Porto Alegre

BULGARIA
Pazardzhik Regional Museum, Pazardzhik
Regional Museum of History Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora
National Museum of History, Sofia

CANADA
Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence, Métis-sur-Mer
Millet & District Museum, Archives & Visitor Services, Alberta
Rocky Mountain House Museum, Alberta
THEMUSEUM, Kitchener
The Military Museums, Calgary

CROATIA
Gradski muzej Varaždin, Varaždin
SIsak Municipal Museum, Sisak
Muzej vojne i ratne povijesti, Pakrac

CZECH REPUBLIC
Military Muzeum Generála Sergěje Jana Ingra, Vlkoš
Muzeum a vzdělávací centrum čs. legií/Československých legií, Prague
Patton Memorial Pilsen, Pilsen
Pěchotní srub K-S 5 “U potoka”, Dolní Morava
Vojenské muzeum Chuchelná, Chuchelná

DENMARK
Mosede Fort, Danmark 1914-18, Greve
Museum Skanderborg, Skanderborg
Sønderborg Castle, Skanderborg

ESTONIA
Valga sõjamuuseum, Valga

FINLAND
The Parola Armour Museum, Parola
Tornionlaakson museo, Tornio

FRANCE
Carrière Wellington: Mémorial de la Bataille d’Arras, Arras
Historial franco-allemand du Hartmannswillerkopf, Wattwiller
Musée des blindés et de la cavalerie, Saumur
Musée Pierre-Noël, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges

GERMANY
Anti Kriegs Museum, Berlin
Festung Königstein, Königstein
Flandernbunker / “Mahnmal Kilian” e.V., Kiel
Garnisonmuseum Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg
LVR-Niederrheinmuseum Wesel, Wesel

HUNGARY
HM Hadtörténeti Intézet és Múzeum, Budapest

ITALY
Forte Degenfeld, Pastrengo
Museo Nazionale Risorgimento Italiano, Torino

MALTA
Battlefront Malta hosted at Malta College of Arts, Science and Technologu, Paola

NETHERLANDS
Nationaal Militair Museum Soesterberg, Soesterberg

NEW ZEALAND
Whanganui Regional Museum, Whanganui
South Canterbury Museum, Timaru

NORWAY
Tirpitz Museum Alta, Alta

POLAND
Museum of Military Technology / Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej, Szczecin
Muzeum Górnośląskie / Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom
Muzeum Marynarki Wojennej / Naval Museum Gdynia, Gdynia
Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej GRYF, Dąbrówka
Muzeum Techniki Wojskowej w Zabrzu, Zabrze
Muzeum Twierdzy Kostrzyn / Fortressmuseum of Kostrzyn, Kostrzyn nad Odrą
Muzeum Wojsk Lądowych w Bydgoszczy/Army Infantry Museum, Bydgoszcz
Rzeszowskie Piwnice / Resov Cellars, Rzeszów

PORTUGAL
Museu do Ar, Pêro Pinheiro

ROMANIA
“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Palace of Ruginoasa, Ruginoasa
MNIR / National History Museum of Romania, Bucharest
National Military Museum “King Ferdinand I”, Bucharest
Palace of Culture / Complexul Muzeal Național „Moldova” Iași, Jud. Iași

SERBIA
Museum of Rudnik and Takovo Region (Музеј рудничко-таковског краја), Gornji Milanovac
National Museum in Leskovac, Leskovac
National Museum of Serbia/Народни музеј Србије, Belgrade
Zavičajni muzej Župe, Aleksandrovac

SLOVAKIA
Múzeum Slovenského Národného Povstania, Banská Bystrica
Slovakia Bytča The Wedding Palace in Bytča – hosted by Považské múzeum, Bytča
Spiš castle hosted by Slovak National Museum – Spiš Museum, Spišské Podhradie

SLOVENIA
City Museum of Ljubljana / Mestni muzej Ljubljana, Ljubljana
Park vojaške zgodovine Pivka /Park of Military History, Pivka

SPAIN
Museo Histórico Militar de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Museo de Historia Militar, Malaga

SWEDEN
Aeroseum, Gothenburg
Arsenalen, Strängnäs
Garnisonsmuseet Skaraborg, Axvall
Hässleholms Museum, Hässleholm
Jamtli Museet, Östersund
Maritiman – Göteborgs maritima centrum, Gothenburg
Miliseum, Skillingaryd

UNITED KINGDOM
Black Country Living Museum, Dudley
Bodmin Keep – Cornwall’s Army Museum, Bodmin
CMSM Combined Military Services Museum, Essex
Heugh Battery Museum, Hartlepool
Military Museum Scotland, Kirknewton
National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool, Hartlepool
Royal Air Force Museum London, London
Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock
South Wales Aviation Museum, Barry
Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, Essex
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum,Caernarfon
The Staffordshire Regiment Museum, Staffordshire
The Tank Museum, Dorset
York Army Museum, York

UNITED STATES
AZ, Mesa – Mesa Public Library – Red Mountain Branch
CA, Irwin – General Robert W. Cone NTC & 11th ACR Heritage Center
FL, Punta Gorda – Military Heritage Museum
MA, Hudson – American Heritage Museum
MD, Ellicott City – Howard County Historical Society
MD, Newburg – Maryland Veterans Museum at Patriot Park
MI, Jackson – Michigan’s Military Heritage Museum
MN, Marshall – Lyon County Historical Society Museum
MO, Kansas City – The National WWI Museum and Memorial
NC, Fort Bragg – 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
NE, Lexington – Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles
NH, Dover – Woodman Museum
NJ, Sea Girt – National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
NV, Las Vegas – Las Vegas-Clark County Library District: Sahara West Library
NY, Albany – USS Slater – Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
OH, Ironton – The William C. Lambert Military Museum and Archive
OH, St Paris – Wright Stuff Squadron Living History Museum
SC, Greenville – Military History Center of the Carolinas
TN, Johnson City – Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site
TX, Amarillo – Texas Panhandle War Memorial
TX, College Station – Museum of the American G.I
UT, Lehi – Hutchings Museum Institute
VA, Fort Eustis – U.S. Army Transportation Museum
VA, Virginia Beach – Military Aviation Museum
WA, Davenport – Lincoln County Museum
WA, Oak Harbor – Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum

WI, Eau Claire – Chippewa Valley Museum
WI, Madison – Wisconsin Veterans Museum

The final list of participants in “The War To End All Wars – The Movie” includes an array of museums, mainly military museums, spanning 29 territories. The collaboration is a testament to the band’s dedication to providing an immersive and educational experience for their fans and history enthusiasts worldwide.

The War To End All Wars – The Movie” will screen globally from November 4-19, 2023, encompassing the two weeks surrounding the historic date of Armistice Day (November 11). This year marks the 105th anniversary of this commemorative day.

In addition to sharing the final participation list, the band wishes to express their excitement as the global premiere draws near. Bassist and band manager, Pär Sundström, comments: “We’re looking forward to sharing ‘The War To End All Wars – The Movie’ with our fans and everyone who values history, and can’t wait to present it to the world and see what the reaction is! We hope that positive things come out of this and that museums benefit from this never-been-done-before project.”

For more information on SABATON and the “History Rocks” project, watch The National WWI Museum and Memorial’s recent interview with Pär Sundström here: