Museum opens in Birkenhead for war poet Wilfred Owen A museum
commemorating the life of World War I poet Wilfred Owen is to
open in Birkenhead. Owen, educated at Birkenhead Institute,
wrote poetry influenced by his experiences in the trenches. He
was killed trying to cross a canal a week before the end of the
war in 1918. His best known poem Dulce et Decorum Est, like much
of the rest of his work, was published after his death. The
museum on Argyle Street opens on 18 March, 2011.'A poet of all
times' Dean Johnson, who has set up the museum, says Birkenhead
needed a permanent memorial to Owen. "It was the longest stretch
of time that he lived anywhere," he said. "All the three houses
that he lived in are still here. "Here in Birkenhead, where
we've got a huge slice of this incredible poet's life, it goes
uncelebrated. "There are scattered pieces, a stained glass
window in the library which is beautiful, there's stuff in the
archive centre and the houses, but it's confusing. We needed a
dedicated place." Only f