HMS Belfast Private Tours
Talks & Tours, HMS Belfast
Arctic Convoys Presentation
KS3-4 and Post-16
60 mins
Students learn about HMS Belfast’s role in the Arctic convoys through historic film and slides. They discover the realities of life at sea in wartime by examining artefacts and clothing and by listening to the testimonies of HMS Belfast veterans.
Arctic Convoys Workshop
KS1-4 and Post-16
60 mins
Students learn about HMS Belfast's role in the Arctic convoys through historic film and photographs. They discover the realities of life at sea in wartime by examining artefacts and clothing and by listening to the testimonies of HMS Belfast veterans.
D-Day Presentation
KS3-4 and Post-16
60 mins
This presentation uses material from our Collections to show the build-up to, and the events of, D-Day. Includes the story of HMS Belfast’s role in supporting the soldiers as they stormed ashore during the D-Day landings.
Overseas Groups Presentation
KS1-4 and Post-16
60 mins
Learn about the history of HMS Belfast, its role in the Second World War and post-war peacekeeping. Includes 15-minute film screened in English, French or German. Suitable for EFL groups.
Key Stage 4
HMS Belfast provides a unique historic environment in which to explore a range of subject areas for different ages.
A visit can support National Curriculum Programmes of Study for History, Literacy, Numeracy, Art, Science and Citizenship.
Film, photographs, objects and veteran testimonies are used to tell the story of the floating community that was HMS Belfast.
Learning sessions can help deliver key skills that allow students to be creative thinkers and reflective learners. Whether investigating the role HMS Belfast played at D-Day, finding out how she supported the Arctic Convoys, or discovering what is was like to live aboard such a unique home, the sessions can enhance understanding of aspects of war and conflict in the twentieth century.
All learning sessions take place in our Schools Room, a former mess deck during the ship’s commission.
Learning Resources
From the World Wars to the Cold War, IWM gives teachers and students in UK schools everything they need to explore the course, causes and consequences of conflict from the First World War to today.
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From our Collections
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HMS Belfast gives a Party on Board to Children of British Internees at Shanghai.
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Programme for a dance on board HMS Belfast, 1949
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History of the Imperial War Museum
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HMS Belfast 1946-1963
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HMS Argonaut preceded by HMS Belfast entering the mined approach to Kiirung, Formosa, 1945
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HMS Belfast 1936-1945
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HMS Belfast during the Second World War
