SUPPORT US SWITCH ROOM CAFÉ CONTACT US By making a donation to , The fully licensed café is a great place to relax and Churchill War Rooms you can support the vital work that goes into enjoy traditionally British food and drink during your Clive Steps, King Charles Street preserving this historic site and the legacy of visit. There is a delicious range of dishes cooked SW1A 2AQ Sir . on site by our in-house chefs using fresh, seasonal T 020 7930 6961 ingredients. The daily menu includes British classics, Find out more at iwm.org.uk Station, Victoria Station fresh sandwiches and home-baked cakes. EVENTS Our Baristas will make you a great fair trade coffee Visitor Map using a traditional espresso machine or choose from OPENING TIMES If you would like to receive information about a selection of teas and soft drinks. our programme of activities, displays and events Open seven days a week Discover life in London’s Hot food is served until 3pm including the Churchill Lecture Series, fill in a 9.30am – 6pm secret underground comments card today (available in the feedback Last admission 5pm area at the end of the tour) or sign up online at SHOP Closed 24, 25, 26 December iwm.org.uk Don’t forget to stop by the shop before you leave To enquire about hiring Churchill War Rooms for to browse our fantastic range of books, CDs, DVDs, VISIT US corporate or private events, call the events team wartime posters and Churchill memorabilia. on 020 7766 0134 or email [email protected]. IWM London* 020 7416 5000 You can also buy a souvenir guidebook, which is IWM NortH 0161 836 4000 packed full of information about the historic IWM Duxford 01223 835 000 rooms and the life of Churchill. PRIVATE TOURS HMS Belfast 020 7940 6300 We also run private tours taking you inside the War * Please note IWM London will be closed from Cabinet Room and Map Room and exploring the 2 January – July 2013 stories behind the objects in the Churchill Museum – visit our website for more information.

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Churchill map_final.indd 1 31/08/2012 09:10 CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS HIGHLIGHTS 8 1940 – 1945 Follow the numbers and arrows on the map to War Leader King Charles Street explore both the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum using the audio guide. Clive Steps 12 1945 – 1965 Cold War Statesman 1 Audio guide points Main 13 Entrance 1874 – 1900 If you’re short of time when you reach the Churchill 14 Museum, here is our guide on things not to miss on 10 Young Churchill 9 15 your way round: Start of Tour 11 Lifeline 7 16 8 Siren suit – Churchill began to wear these 20 17 one-piece zip-up suits during the 1930s 1 Churchill 1900 – 1929 Tickets Museum Enigma encoding machine – captured 18 Maverick Politician 2 machine used to send top-secret messages 9 Potsdam map – used by Churchill at the End of Tour 19 1929 – 1939 The Clore Wilderness Years in July 1945, showing Information Learning Centre how Germany was divided up 3 The HCA 11 Lifeline – slide your finger along the strips 6 Auditorium at the edge of this 15-metre-long interactive ‘Lifeline’ to start exploring. Tap the strips to Exit open documents, photos and film clips, and 5 Shop 21 find hidden animations.

Horse Guards Road 33 32 12 Nobel Prize for Literature – awarded to 22 4 Churchill in 1953 23 Harmsworth 13 Funeral flag – this Union Flag was draped 31 Room over Churchill’s coffin as his body lay in state in Westminster Hall Room 30 16 Letters from Clementine – some of the

29 24 hundreds of letters Churchill exchanged Churchill’s Bedroom with his wife Café 28 Map Room 18 Plug Street painting – one of Churchill’s first oil paintings shows his billet on the Transatlantic 27 Western Front in 1916 Tour Route Telephone Room 19 Interactive painting – there’s fun at your Lift 25 fingertips as you use a touchscreen to ‘paint’ The Churchills’ Kitchen 26 Male Toilets the Churchills’ family home, Chiefs of Staff Conference Room 20 No. 10 door ­– Churchill walked through this Female Toilets Cabinet War Rooms original door after becoming Prime Minister in Disabled Toilets Conference Rooms BBC Broadcasting Room 1940

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