We Were There at IWM Duxford

Bookings are available for a unique experience for students to meet veterans and eyewitnesses to conflict.
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Financial support for school trips

IWM is one of the venues available to visit through Hyundai's new ground-breaking programme The Great British School Trip, which offers a selection of free school trips and travel bursaries to reduce costs for schools, helping 25,000 young people access inspirational school trips.

The Great British School Trip
If you need financial support for your school trip to IWM in 2024, find out more here.
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Learning Sessions

Informative workshops created by the learning team help tackle challenging topics head on, and offer pupils a much more engaging and interactive experience.

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IWM North

Learning sessions at IWM North

From a unique chance for students to meet veterans and eye-witnesses of conflict to making mini-documentaries and immersive on-gallery experiences to investigate Remembrance and personal stories from the First World War to today, there's an educational workshop for everyone at IWM North.

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IWM London

Learning Sessions at IWM London

Browse through our selection of learning sessions to help inspire your students and gain exclusive insight into IWM London's galleries. Digital technology enhances learning to take students out of the classrooms and into the heart of our museum. Explore art and artefacts. You might even have a conversation with a veteran or eye-witness of conflict in our unique We Were There educational workshop.

School children in a We Were There session at IWM Duxford
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IWM Duxford

Learning Sessions at IWM Duxford

Educational workshop highlights include a unique opportunity for students to meet veterans and eye-witnesses of conflict and making mini-documentaries on the stories and objects on display at IWM Duxford.

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IWM London

School visits to IWM London

Discover the stories of lives shaped by war and conflict from 1914 until the present day. Step into the iconic atrium, explore the brand new Second World War Galleries and experience our new learning facilities.

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IWM North

School visits to IWM North

Purpose-built to tell the powerful stories of over a century of war, IWM North makes full use of its extraordinary exhibition space to deliver an award-winning immersive experience.

IWM Duxford Showcase
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IWM Duxford

School visits to IWM Duxford

Walk through the same hangars and buildings as those who served at RAF Duxford. See aircraft take to the skies from the airfield that Spitfires first flew. And get up close to over a century of aviation with hundreds of aircraft and objects on display.

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Churchill War Rooms

School visits to Churchill War Rooms

Discover the secrets hidden beneath the streets of Westminster in the underground nerve centre where Winston Churchill and his inner circle directed the Second World War.

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HMS Belfast

School visits to HMS Belfast

Explore all nine decks of HMS Belfast to discover what life was like on board for the crew at war and at sea. The most significant surviving Second World War Royal Navy warship. A visit to HMS Belfast may support studies of the Second World War, Arctic Convoys, Korean War or the River Thames.

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CPD and Training for Teachers

Take advantage of our special events, CPD, and training opportunities for teachers.

Awards

IWM has been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom badge. Nationally recognised as an indicator of good quality educational provision.