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HORRIBLE HISTORIES™: Terrible Trenches Exhibition

HORRIBLE HISTORIES™: Terrible Trenches Exhibition


Imperial War Museum London presents an unmissable family exhibition based on the Trenches Handbook, one of the books by Terry Deary in the bestselling Horrible Histories™ series published by Scholastic Children’s Books. This new interactive exhibition sets author Terry Deary’s acerbic text and Martin Brown’s evocative illustration alongside hands-on activities for all ages and items from the Imperial War Museum’s unique First World War collections.

OUTBREAK 1939 OUTBREAK 1939
Seventy years after the radio announcement that informed the nation that Britain was at war, Imperial War Museum London is mounting Outbreak 1939, a new special exhibition, which will explore the build-up to and preparations for war, an overview of the key events of 3 September and an account the early months of the conflict. The exhibition is being launched in association with the ITV1 documentary of the same name, to be screened in September 2009.

2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum 2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum
2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum


LAUNCH! Shipbuilding Through the Ages opens on board HMS Belfast LAUNCH! Shipbuilding Through the Ages opens on board HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast, the last remaining European big-gun warship, is staging an exciting new interactive exhibition charting the history of shipbuilding in the UK. LAUNCH! Shipbuilding Through the Ages opens on 29 January and runs for two years.