Imperial War Museum London

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
England

Website

www.iwm.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

mail@iwm.org.uk

Telephone

020 7416 5000

Fax

020 7416 5374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Inside the Imperial War Museum
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IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

The national museum of the experiences of people who have lived, fought and died in conflicts involving Britain and the Commonwealth since 1914.

The Imperial War Museum is the museum of everyone’s story: the history of modern war and people’s experience of war and wartime life in Britain and the Commonwealth. It is an educational and historical institution responsible for archives, collections and sites of outstanding national importance.

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM LONDON

This London branch of the Imperial War Museum houses exhibits ranging from tanks and aircraft to photographs and personal letters; they include film and sound recordings, and some of the 20th century's best-known paintings. 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.

Venue type

Museum

 Opening hours

Open daily, 10.00-18.00

Closed 24-26 December

 Admission charges

FREE

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language audio guide available
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • General audio-guide available
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Auditorium
  • Cafeteria
  • Gardens open to public
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Audio guides specifically for blind and partially sighted people
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Library
  • Library with public access
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Wheelchair access to all areas except the top floor of the 1940s House Exhibition.

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
England

Website

www.iwm.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

mail@iwm.org.uk

Telephone

020 7416 5000

Fax

020 7416 5374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

20th Century Collections, include: Art, Documents, Film and Video Archive, Printed Books, Photograph Archive, Sound Archive, Exhibits and Firearms

Collection details

Archives, Aviation, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Design, Film and Media, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Literature, Maritime, Personalities, Photography, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
England

Website

www.iwm.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

mail@iwm.org.uk

Telephone

020 7416 5000

Fax

020 7416 5374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

The Holocaust Exhibition

1 January 2000 — 1 January 2020 *on now

This highly-acclaimed exhibition uses film, photographs, and a large number of rare artefacts - many brought from Germany and Eastern Europe - to document the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews and other groups before and during the Second World War.

Suitable for

  • Not suitable for children

Admission

Admission free.

Crimes against humanity

1 January 2000 — 1 January 2020 *on now

A specially-commissioned 30-minute film is the central element of this exhibition which examines the theme of genocide and ethnic conflict - looking at some of the common features shared by the horrendous bloodshed in Armenia, Nazi-occupied Europe, Cambodia, East Timor, Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere.

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
England

Website

www.iwm.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

mail@iwm.org.uk

Telephone

020 7416 5000

Fax

020 7416 5374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Digital and online resources

Mend, Make or Spend?

http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/19/makemend/make_and_spend.htm

What was life like in the Second World War?

http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/20/lifeinww2/index.htm

 digital and online resources

How Do We Remember? WebQuest

http://nmolp.iwm.org.uk/webquests/

What sort of things do we remember about the past? How do we capture these memories? This online activity encourages children to investigate the history of the Imperial War Museum and some of its artefacts, before recording a memory of their own in the form of a paper boat. The boats can come together in a classroom display.

How to obtain

Open the How Do We Remember? box, then click Start WebQuest.

Imperial War Museum WebQuests

http://nmolp.iwm.org.uk/webquests/

WebQuests are online activities for children, using the collections of nine national museums and galleries.

The Children's War WebQuest

http://nmolp.iwm.org.uk/webquests/

What were children's lives like in the Second World War? This online investigation uses the collections of the Imperial War Museum to help children imagine the daily life of a child on the Home Front, leading to a piece of creative writing.

How to obtain

Open the Children's War box, then click Start WebQuest.

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
England

Website

www.iwm.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

mail@iwm.org.uk

Telephone

020 7416 5000

Fax

020 7416 5374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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