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Welcome to IWM Adapted Access We have told the stories of conflict for over a century. Since 1917, Pushchair Access people have entrusted us with their personal accounts of war, Book Shop / Shop in the knowledge that we will continue to share them with future Café / Park View Room generations. Over 100 years later, Imperial War Museums now has a century of stories to tell. Cinema Information Find out more about fighting on the front line and life at home 100 years Lift ago in our First World War Galleries and visit our award-winning exhibition Lockers on The Holocaust. Discover the real story of the Allpress family during the Second World War in A Family in Wartime and discover stories of Stairs bravery in The Lord Ashcroft Gallery. Uncover the hidden world of spies Tickets in Secret War and explore personal stories and objects from the Male Toilet Second World War in Turning Points 1934-1945. Female Toilet Adapted Toilet Baby Change YOUR VISIT First World War Second World War History Makers MEMBERSHIP Open First World War Galleries A Family in Wartime Witnesses to War Peace and Security: 1945 – 2014 Curiosities of War 10am – 6pm daily. Closed 24 – 26 December. Permanent Exhibition, Level 0 Permanent Exhibition, Level 1 Permanent Exhibition, Level 0 Permanent Exhibition, Level 2 Permanent Exhibition, Level 3 Imperial War Museums is a charity. Your membership supports our historically

important sites and world-leading collection. Buy event tickets, guidebooks and get We couldn’t do it without you. information about what’s on today at our Map Information Desk on Level 0. Join us today or find out more at iwm.org.uk/membership Please donate £1 Our Café (Level 0, until 5.30pm daily) and Park View Room (Level 1, open during holidays) offer

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Women welders making stirrup pump handles handles stirrup pump making welders Women VISIT US Take home a souvenir of your visit or shop online at iwmshop.co.uk. Every purchase supports IWM. IWM is a family of five museums including Churchill War Rooms, the underground nerve

Photographs and videos may be taken in the galleries The Gallipoli Campaign, April 1915-January © IWM 1916 (Q 13219) centre below Westminster where Winston Churchill for personal use, except where otherwise indicated. See some of the more unexpected objects from our and his inner circle directed the Second World War, Ask a member of staff for further information. collections. Items on display range from a section of the and HMS Belfast, Britain’s iconic warship that saw bar where the Dambusters crew used to drink through action in key battles during the Second World War We are fully wheelchair accessible. Ask at the to a sofa which troops in Afghanistan made out of HESCO and Korean War. Information Desk on Level 0 about how we can bastion fencing. help you make the most of your visit. Discover the story of the First World War through the Discover how ordinary Londoners faced the challenges Witnesses to War presents nine important objects from From Britain and Europe after the Second World War through Outside London, visit IWM North in where eyes of the British people and the Empire, both on of rationing, evacuation and the Blitz during the Second our collection spanning over a century, highlighting IWM’s to the Cold War and the attack on the World Trade Center in the 360° cinematic Big Picture Show immerses you in the home front and the fighting fronts. On display are World War through the story of the Allpress family. role to tell the stories of conflict. This dramatic display 2001, Peace and Security reveals how conflicts have been The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes personal memories of conflict, andIWM Duxford, the objects from IWM’s collections including weapons, features a Harrier jet and Spitfire plane, suspended above a fought and communities divided in places such as Kosovo, Permanent Exhibition, Level 5 former RAF fighter station and home of the Spitfire, uniforms, diaries, keepsakes, film and art. Explore reconstructions of rooms as they would have been V-2 rocket. Also on display is a T-34 tank and a 13-Pounder Iraq and Afghanistan from 1945 to the present day. located just outside Cambridge. This display houses the world’s largest collection of in the 1940s and see how the war affected life at home. Gun from the First World War which became a memorial for Victoria Crosses, alongside a significant collection of See how the war started, why it continued, how the Allies the men who fought with it. Joining them is a Reuters Land George Crosses, telling the extraordinary stories of Events Programme won and its impact on people’s lives across the globe. Walk Rover damaged by a rocket attack in Gaza. Secret War the people who have been awarded these medals. We run a programme of events throughout the through a recreated trench with a Sopwith Camel plane The Holocaust Permanent Exhibition, Level 2 year, linked to our exhibitions and collections. swooping low overhead as a Mark V Tank looms above you. Permanent Exhibition, Level 4 Information about what’s on today can be found Secret War explores the undercover world of espionage, Accompanying the stories of those awarded the medals on our digital screens located on Levels 0-3. This award-winning exhibition traces the Nazi persecution covert operations and the work of Britain’s Special Forces. is artwork, film and photography exploring the concept and murder of Jewish people in Europe from 1933 to 1945. Discover how threats both at home and abroad were dealt of bravery and what motivates people to undertake FROM BEDLAM TO BAGHDAD Coming Soon… Explore History and Research Room Learn how the political climate enabled Hitler to rise to with through the strategies and techniques of the men and acts of heroism. Daily tour* | 12pm and 3pm MAKING A NEW WORLD Access our collections and library on Level 2. power and how his ideas spread throughout Europe, September 2018 women behind some of the most secret espionage missions The Research Room is open Monday – Thursday Take a 40 minute introductory tour of Imperial War ultimately affecting people all around the world. of the last century. KEEP IN TOUCH 10am – 1pm and 2 – 5pm (book online at iwm.org.uk) Museum London looking at the building’s origin as Making a New World, a season of innovative and Explore History is open Monday – Friday Photographs, diaries, toys and film tell the stories of the exhibitions, installations and immersive experiences Bethlem Hospital and exploring fascinating objects Enjoyed your visit? Let us know what you think 11am – 1pm and 2 – 4pm. Closed on bank holidays. people who lived through the Holocaust. Testimonies from at IWM London will explore how the First World War from our world-class collections. through the contact form on our website. survivors bring a moving perspective to these objects has shaped the society we live in today. SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE Tickets: while a model of Auschwitz-Birkenau demonstrates the Post, tweet and snap your IWM experience with us today on Sign up for our eNews, packed with Adult £10, Concession £7.50, Child £5 extent of events that occurred. *Tours are subject to availability via @I_W_M or on Instagram via ImperialWarMuseums information about exhibitions and events using , or find us on . IWM.ORG.UK #IWMLondon Facebook at all our IWM sites iwm.org.uk/enews Cover: © IWM