The Imperial War Museum London houses exhibits ranging from tanks and aircraft to photographs and personal letters, as well as film and sound recordings and some of the twentieth century’s best-known paintings.

The Imperial War Museum London is the national museum of the experiences of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914. Visitors can explore six floors of exhibitions and displays, including a permanent exhibition dedicated to the Holocaust and a changing programme of special temporary exhibitions.

The Imperial War Museum has five branches:

• Imperial War Museum London, which houses the award-winning The Holocaust Exhibition
• Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, located in Churchill’s secret headquarters below Whitehall
• HMS Belfast, the Second World War cruiser
• Imperial War Duxford, a world-renowned aviation and heritage complex
• Imperial War Museum North, one of the most talked-about museums in the UK

Imperial War Museum London

At the Imperial War Museum London discover the story of those who have lived, fought and died in conflict from the First World War to the present day.

Learn about the conditions endured by First World War troops in The Trench Experience, explore the role of espionage in The Secret War, and find out about children who lived through evacuation and the Blitz in The Children’s War.

The Children’s War exhibition looks at the home front in Britain through the eyes of children. It provides a unique and moving insight into the impact of the war on the children who lived through it. Taking a child’s perspective on such topics as evacuation, air raids, rationing and the blackout, the positive and negative aspects of the war are illustrated through original letters, diaries, artefacts, photographs and oral recordings. Find out what it was like to live on the home front.

Getting there:

By train
Waterloo
Elephant & Castle

By underground
Lambeth North (Bakerloo Line)
Waterloo (Bakerloo, Northern, Jubilee Line)
Southwark (Jubilee Line)
Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo, Northern Line)

By bus
1, 3, 12, 45, 53, 59, 63, 68, 100, 159, 168, 171, 172, 176,188, 344, C10

Opening times:
Daily (except 24, 25 and 26 December) 10.00am – 6.00pm

Website:
www.london.iwm.org.uk

Address:
Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ (Map)

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