Imperial War Museums explores conflict and its impact on people’s lives.
IWM is a family of five museums recording and showcasing experiences of modern conflict. Some of those experiences paint a picture of everyday life in wartime, others give us a glimpse of something exceptional. All of them help us to explore the causes of war and its impact on people’s lives.
Visit us
Duxford Air Shows
Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show 2019
Duxford Air Shows
Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show 2019
21-22 September 2019
IWM Duxford
Be transported back to the summer of 1940 at the Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show, 21-22 September 2019. Witness daring air displays, dogfights and aerobatics – ending with the splendour of our now famous mass Spitfire flypast in the skies where history happened.
IWM
Talk
Culture Under Attack Symposium
Talk
Culture Under Attack Symposium
7 September 2019
IWM London
Why do some people seek to destroy culture and what impact does this have? Join us to discuss the issues with artists, academics, journalists and policy-makers at IWM London.
© Hassan Blal / Alamy Stock Photo
Contemporary conflict
Yemen: Background to a Crisis
Contemporary conflict
Yemen: Background to a Crisis
After four years of persistent fighting the conflict in Yemen is ever more bloody with attempts to reach a political settlement increasingly complex. This man-made humanitarian crisis is the worst in the world.
© IWM
Join IWM Membership
Join IWM Membership
Become a member for a year of great days out at all five IWM museums.
Benefits include unlimited free admission to HMS Belfast, Churchill War Rooms and IWM Duxford from just £35.
Exhibition
Rebel Sounds
Exhibition
Rebel Sounds
Until 5 January 2020
IWM London
Be immersed in Rebel Sounds, which reveals how groups and individuals used music to resist, revel and speak out against war and oppression.
Serbian station Radio B92 © Goran Basaric