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Founded while the First World War was still raging, Imperial War Museum London gives voice to the extraordinary experiences of ordinary people forced to live their lives in a world torn apart by conflict.
From the moment you step into the iconic atrium, to the countless discoveries awaiting you in the award-winning galleries, IWM London examines the continuing influence of war on our world.
Hear extraordinary true stories of ordinary people’s experiences of conflict across the museum’s six floors – stories that have the power to move, inspire and transform.
Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict
23 May to 2 November 2025
Free entry
Throughout the history of war, sexual violence has been perpetrated on a mass scale. It is built into stories of invasion and wartime suffering from the First World War, through the Second World War and into the present day.
Unsilenced considers the contexts in which sexual violence occurs in conflict, exploring how propaganda shapes perceptions of gender and power to shine a light on this often-silenced issue.
