Otago Settlers Museum organisers are asking members of the public to bring in copies of photographs of their loved ones who served in the 20th century's various wars and who were now dead.
As usual on Anzac Day, the museum will open early, about 7am, immediately after the dawn parade at Queens Gardens, and will remain open until 5pm.
Part of an exhibition titled "We Will Remember Them", the Wall of Memories will accompany a roll of honour first displayed on Anzac Day last year.
The roll commemorates the more than 2500 Dunedin men and women who died in seven wars or other military conflicts last century.
Museum curator Sean Brosnahan said he had visited New York the year after the September 11 terrorist attacks, and had seen the many photographs and other mementos of loved ones displayed on fences and elsewhere in lower Manhattan.
The stark details of each entry on the museum's roll of honour attested to the cost of war to Dunedin and its families.
Visitors were invited to add a further "human touch" by providing, as soon as possible, images of loved ones who served in various wars, including those who had survived the conflicts but had since died.
"When you see a photograph of someone, they become a little bit more of a rounded person."
The photographs would be displayed informally throughout the month-long commemoration.
