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Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Shortly after becoming Prime Minister in May 1940, Winston Churchill visited the Cabinet War Rooms to see for himself what preparations had been made to allow him and his War Cabinet to continue working throughout the expected air raids on London. It was there, in the underground Cabinet Room, he announced 'This is the room from which I will direct the war'.

Churchill Museum

The Churchill Museum , the world’s first major museum dedicated to life of Winston Churchill, is a permanent exhibition housed within the unique setting of the historic Cabinet War Rooms. Entry tickets will admit visitors to both the Cabinet War Rooms and the Churchill Museum.

Private and Guided Tours

Exclusive Private Tour Package
This exclusive package is designed to give privileged access to the key rooms of the museum to individuals. We limit participants for this type of tour to a maximum of 10 at any one time.

Special Events

Last Post Lecture Series
17th November 2008 to 23rd February 2009
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
A new series of lectures in support of the Last Post: Remembering the First World War exhibition. The lectures look at the role of the Post Office through both World Wars in keeping troops at the front in touch with loved ones back home.

The Big Draw
11th October 2008
at 11:00 am to 16:00 pm
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms and The Mall Galleries

October Half-term activities at the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms 27 - 31 October 2008
27th October 2008 to 31st October 2008
at 10:30 am to 16:00 pm
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Remembrance Weekend 8-9 November 2008
8th November 2008 to 9th November 2008
at 09:30 am to 18:00 pm
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

Exhibitions

Dig for Victory: The War on Waste
22nd May 2008 to 28th October 2008
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
Held over until 31st October, the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, in association with the Royal Parks present ‘Dig for Victory: The War on Waste’, a replica of a Second World War allotment used to teach gardening, recycling, wildlife preservation, healthy eating, history and food science.

Last Post: Remembering the First World War
6th November 2008 to 28th February 2009
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

A fascinating insight into the story of the Post Office during the First World War is the theme of a new exhibition from The British Postal Museum & Archive and Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms to be held at the historic site. The exhibition is part of the Imperial War Museum's commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the end of the First World War.

Visit www.iwm.org.uk/90 for details.

Churchill Lecture

The Churchill Lecture Series 2008-2009
21st October 2008 to 5th May 2009
at 6.30 pm - 9.00 pm
Location: Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms
The 2008/2009 Churchill Lecture Series begins October 21st

Virtual Tour

360 degree panoramas of selected areas of the Cabinet War Rooms

Did you or your family work at the Cabinet War Rooms?

In 2009, The Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms will be hosting an exhibition to commemorate the opening of the Cabinet War Rooms on 27 August 1939. The exhibition will explore what it was like to work in this underground, secret bunker and the various roles taken on by its staff. We would be interested to hear from anybody who worked, or anyone whose relations worked, down in the Cabinet War Rooms during the Second World War.

Please contact Cressida Finch on cwr@iwm.org.uk or 020 7930 6961.

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