IWM's winter events are now available to book. Take part in IWM Institute Masterclasses, exploring the Second World War at Sea on HMS Belfast and the End of the War in Europe at IWM London. Climb ...

IWM London gives voice to the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people forced to live in a world torn apart by conflict. Human thought, emotion, and behaviour is critical to war. War and the Mind ...

Opening on Remembrance Day in 2023, artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman MBE created The Shining Lights of Service, a unique, multi-coloured light installation commemorating the Indian Hospital at the ...

Walk the top-secret corridors and glimpse what life would have been like during the tense days and nights of the Second World War. Join historians Allen Packwood and Kevin Ruane and explore Winston ...

On Tuesday 5th November the Collections Access and Research team will be participating in the 10th Annual History Day, held at Senate House. History Day is a day for researchers, students, and ...

Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries ...

IWM North’s architecture delivers an award-winning immersive experience. Walk through a timeline of history from the First World War to the present day. Explore over 2,000 objects and immerse yourself ...

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The Allies had a dilemma. How much further should they go?

Since its foundation in 1917 IWM has been building its collections in order to illustrate and record all aspects of conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We want our collections to ...

When the First World War broke out in 1914, Germany had a massive problem. The alliance between France and Russia left them totally surrounded, with only Austria Hungary on their side. Outnumbered, ...

Step on board this iconic London landmark. Navigate your way around the rooms of this floating city, climbing up and down ladders to visit all nine decks. As a thank you for your support, you will ...