The installation will be in place to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day this May
We already saw poppies back at the Tower of London in the form of a light display back in November in honour of Remembrance Day but this spring will see the return of the ceramic poppies to the tower’s lawn. The installation will commemorate the end of WWII in Europe, opening on Tues 6th May and remaining in place until Armistice Day on Tues 11th November.
The ceramic poppies were originally created for the epic 2014 display ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’, which marked the centenary of the start of WWI. Many of those poppies, designed by artist Paul Cummins, were auctioned off to raise money for military charities, with the remainder forming smaller installations that went on show at the Imperial War Museum. Now the museum is loaning out 30,000 of them to make up the new 2025 display, created by designer Tom Piper, where poppies will pour over the lawn and form a crater to represent a wound at the heart of the Tower, which was bombed during the Blitz.
The installation will become a shared space for people to come and reflect on the sacrifices made by so many during the conflict and it’s set to be another beautiful and moving exhibit. Definitely one not to miss, especially if you didn’t catch the original the first time around.
Most of the installation will be inside the Tower’s walls (rather than in the moat like the original one was) so you’ll need an admission ticket to the Tower to view it.
Key Information
Dates | Tues 6th May – Tues 11th November 2025
Address | Tower of London, London EC3N 4AB
For more information | hrp.org.uk
