27 July 2018 to 31 March 2019

IWM London

Free

Taking place at IWM North and IWM London, Making A New World explores how the First World War has shaped the society we live in today through a programme of free exhibitions, alongside immersive live music, performance and public debates.

The guns fell silent....a new world began

At IWM London

Still taken from Mimesis: African Soldier by John Akomfrah
© John Akomfrah Still taken from Mimesis: African Soldier by John Akomfrah, co-commissioned by 14-18 NOW, New Art Exchange, Nottingham and Smoking Dogs Films, with additional support from Sharjah Art Foundation
Exhibitions and Installations

Mimesis: African Soldier

IWM London
21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019

Installation view of I Was There: Room of Voices at IWM London
© IWM
Exhibitions and Installations

I Was There: Room of Voices

IWM London
21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019

Installation view of Moments of Silence at IWM London
© IWM
Exhibitions and Installations

Moments of Silence

IWM London
Until 31 March 2019

Exhibitions and Installations

Renewal: Life after the First World War in Photographs

Service men piled up on a car during Armistice celebrations in Birmingham, 1918.
Armistice celebrations in Birmingham, 1918 IWM (Q 63690)
21 September 2018 to 31 March 2019
IWM London

Through a rich collection of over 130 black and white photographs, discover the resilience and ingenuity of the human spirit.

At IWM North

Leading poet Tony Walsh sitting in the Main Exhibition Space at IWM North.
IWM
Exhibitions and Installations

Mightier Than War

IWM North
Daily at 12pm

First World War

First World War Galleries
© IWM
Permanent Display

First World War Galleries

IWM London
Permanent

Voices of the First World War

Hear the men and women whose lives were shaped by the First World War tell their stories of the conflict in our podcast series, Voices of the First World War. 

Elsie Knocker (left) and Mairi Chisholm in Pervyse, Belgium in 1917.
IWM Q2663
Women in Wartime

5 Inspirational Stories Of Women In The First World War

From ambulance drivers to translators, women served Britain in a variety of ways during the First World War. Discover their stories now.