World of Warships Announce Second Year of Longest Night of Museums, Supporting Global Network of Naval Museums and Charity Organisations
The event which provided museums a platform of over 1.4 million viewers during global lockdown returns for a second year
offering the opportunity for an all-expenses-paid trip to experience one of these iconic sites firsthand
18th May 2022 — World of Warships has released the details of its Longest Night of Museums initiative, designed to publicise, and support naval museums across the world. Starting from 18th May, World of Warships will be publishing one museum showcase article per week, giving an insight into the world’s biggest sites of naval history. This will include interviews with curators, and an insight into these heritage sites for those unable to travel to them across the world.
World of Warships has hidden characters in their articles to encourage readers to compose a special bonus code. The first person to crack the code will win a five day, all-expenses-paid trip for two people to one of the published naval museums.
Participating naval museums include four museums in the US: the USS Texas, USS Iowa, Battleship Missouri and USS Bowfin, the Maritiman in Sweden, HMAS Belfast in Ireland, and IWM Duxford in the UK.
These articles will also feature embedded video footage of last year’s event, which saw over 1.4 million people attend a virtual tour on Twitch and YouTube, of over 15 naval museums across the world.
With the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, museums have been hit incredibly hard over the past two years. Beyond the financial impact, many lack their own digital platforms to share their exhibits and make their desired impact on the world remotely. This is why Wargaming, the developer of the world’s most historically accurate, naval battle video game, World of Warships, continues to support these museums and bring them in front of a wider audience.
The event has been publicly celebrated by the World of Warships community, which stands at over 50 million players, and museums from last year’s event lauded the impact it has had on their organisations:
“Joining in the international Longest Night of Museums was a great experience for us. We got to communicate directly with people from all over the world, many who had probably never heard of us before,” said Johannes Olsson, Museum Educator, Maritiman, Göteborg, Sweden. “At the same time, we got interesting glimpses of some of our sister museums all over the world, many of whom we would dearly like the opportunity to visit in person. We look very much forward to joining the event this year as well.”
The Longest Night of Museums 2022 can be followed via the World of Warships website https://worldofwarships.asia/
To view last year’s stream, visit https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1026688461
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About World of Warships
World of Warships is a free, historical, online combat PC game from Wargaming. With its massive fleet of most iconic war vessels, including four different ship classes and strategically designed environment, World of Warships provides the ultimate naval warfare gaming experience, suitable for everyone. Thanks to its largest collection of historically accurate ships available to play, World of Warships prides itself as a digital ship museum and a focal point for naval history enthusiasts. New thematic content and innovative game modes are being added on a regular basis, providing a diverse and exciting gameplay to its broad player base.
One franchise – multiple platforms
After the successful launch of World of Warships on PC, its unique gameplay and design has been adapted to bring free massive naval battles to other platforms with World of Warships: Legends available on PlayStation and Xbox and World of Warships Blitz on iOS and Android mobile devices. Official website: http://www.worldofwarships.eu
About Wargaming
Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has grown to become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices around the world, including studios in Chicago, Prague, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, and Vilnius. Millions of players enjoy Wargaming’s titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include the free-to-play hits World of Tanks, World of Warships and World of Tanks Blitz.
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