2 June to 31 December 2012
From grand oil paintings to informal drawings, this collection of Second World War portraits gives us an insight into personal stories of bravery, survival and death, and captures a society undergoing immense change...
Exhibitions
24 May to 23 September 2012
This new interactive display looks at the concepts of truce, conflict and resolution and how they are relevant to us in the twenty-first century. Build the Truce, part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad, showcases...
From 5 April
This new, free exhibition tells the story of how ordinary people braved the challenges of life at home during the Second World War through the eyes of the Allpress family, who lived in Stockwell, London.
The Allpress family...
28 October 2011 to 30 November 2012
Since the First World War, IWM has collected people's stories of war and conflict, and now through the War Story project, we have been given unprecedented access to British service personnel currently serving...
These galleries tell the story of the Second World War, from the political developments that led to the outbreak of hostilities in Europe in 1939 to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945.
The galleries are...
Secret war has always been controversial. War in the shadows is often so obscure that the armies, battles and even the victories and defeats are secret. Secret War reveals the clandestine world of espionage, covert operations and the work of Britain’s...
From the appalling conditions of trench warfare to the Zeppelin air raids that put civilians in the front line for the first time, the First World War had a profound effect on the lives of many and shaped the world we live in today. These galleries...
The end of the Second World War did not bring an end to conflict. There has been fighting somewhere in the world almost every day since 1945.
These galleries cover conflicts that have developed all over the world in the last 70 years, from the...
Genocide and ethnic conflict have occurred many times in the last hundred years -often under the cover of war. Crimes Against Humanity looks at these events and at the challenges involved in trying to prevent them.
The exhibition examines some...
The Large Exhibits Gallery greets you as you enter the museum and houses some of the most important weapons and vehicles in our collection.
Some of the most significant items on display are the 4-inch gun which fired the first British shot from...
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