Imperial War Museum
United Kingdom · founded 1917
The Imperial War Museum (IWM), currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, it was intended to record the civil and military war effort and sacrifice of the United Kingdom and its Empire during the First World War.
- Visitors a year
- 0.8MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1917Founded
What to see
Gassed
1919.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring
Laura Knight, 1943.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Paths of Glory
C. R. W. Nevinson, 1917.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
To the Unknown British Soldier in France
William Orpen, 1927.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Daddy, What Did You Do in the Great War?
Savile Lumley.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Take Off
Laura Knight, 1943.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london before you travel.
Getting there
Lambeth Road.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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