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Serbian station Radio B92 © Goran BasaricNew IWM exhibition profiles those who have risked their lives in times of conflict for the music they loveThroughout history, oppressive regimes have attempted to eradicate forms of culture and expression, from Hitler’s persecution of swing and jazz groups in 1930s Nazi Germany to the ban of music in Northern Mali under Islamist rule in 2012. In spite of this, there have always been those willing to risk everything to resist oppression and protect threatened culture.
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Immersive 360 projection at IWM North brings First World War to life with footage from BAFTA-nominated They Shall Not Grow Old
From 19 April 2019, visitors to IWM North will be able to witness powerful footage from Academy Award winner Peter Jackson’s critically acclaimed They Shall Not Grow Old, alongside original imagery, footage and sound from IWM's extensive First World War collections.
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John Singer Sargent, A Street in Arras, 1918 © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1607)IWM London’s Culture Under Attack season reveals how war threatens the treasures that make us humanCulture Under Attack is a free season of exhibitions, live music, performances and interventions that explore how war threatens not just people’s lives, but also the very things that help make lives worth living.
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Photograph showing the ravaging effects of the Baedeker raids on the cathedral city of Exeter in 1942 © Historic EnglandIWM and Historic England partner to expose deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in major new exhibitionFrom the Nazi theft of art and the bombing of cathedrals in Coventry and Dresden to the destruction of objects from Mosul Museum in Iraq, war devastates lives, kills people and destroys the cultural heritage that they hoped would outlive them.
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© IWM (Art.IWM ART 1145)Never-before-seen documents reveal IWM’s plan for evacuating its art collection during the Second World WarNever-before-seen documents from IWM's collections will be displayed as part of a new exhibition at IWM London, uncovering how cultural treasures in British museums and galleries were evacuated and protected during the Second World War.
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© Giles Clarke for UN/OCHA, 2017Yemen: Inside a Crisis at IWM NorthIWM North’s Yemen season will spotlight “world’s worst” humanitarian crisis through 50 objects and photographs from the on-going conflict.
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© IWMIWM announces D-Day 75 programmeMass flight display recreating D-Day mission to lead Imperial War Museums’ unprecedented 75th anniversary programme.
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Photo Andy Martin, Mercury Prize nominated Field MusicMercury Prize nominated Field Music set to perform new work at IWM's late events in 2019At the close of IWM's First World War Centenary programming, two unique and specially commissioned performances featuring new music by Mercury Award nominated band Field Music will be staged in 2019.
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IWM in 2019
A season exploring culture as a target of warfare and the UK's first major exhibition on the crisis in Yemen.
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Colourised footage artistic rendition 2018 - THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD by WingNut Films with Peter Jackson. Original black and white film © IWM14-18 NOW and IWM present the world premiere of Peter Jackson’s First World War film14-18 NOW, the UK’s official arts programme for the First World War centenary, and IWM have commissioned internationally acclaimed filmmaker Peter Jackson – of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit fame – to create a new film about the First World War.
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IWM welcomes support from Roman Abramovich and Chelsea Football Club for new Holocaust Galleries
We are delighted to announce that we have received a donation from Roman Abramovich towards IWM London’s new Holocaust Galleries, opening in 2021.
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© IWMMaking a New World season at IWM London and IWM NorthIWM announces full line-up of free exhibitions, live music, dance and conversations to mark the end of the First World War centenary.
