Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum boasts thousands of exhibits from art to aircraft. It covers both the military and social aspects of war.
The Ole Bill open-top London bus from World War One is still there but the museum is holding the attention of the young generation with interactive videos, the Blitz Experience and simulated RAF flight.
The IWM takes over our military story from the National Army Museum in Chelsea which restricts itself to the pre 20th century.
The IWM is housed in part of the former Bethlem Hospital (Bedlam), built in 1811 and relocated in 1930, with the museum arriving from South Kensington in 1936.
Admission to the museum has been free since December 2001. Some special exhibitions carry an admission charge.
Web: london.iwm.org.uk
Open: Daily 10am-6pm
Admission FREE
Open: Daily 10am-6pm
Admission FREE
News & features about Imperial War Museum
- Southwark Civic Awards for volunteers, MPs, war hero and actor (12 May 2012)
- Imperial War Museum revamp approved by Southwark councillors (10 May 2012)
- BFI, MI6 & IWM: William and Kate visit SE1 three times in a week (27 Apr 2012)
- Subcontractor blamed for HMS Belfast gangway collapse (12 Apr 2012)
- Imperial War Museum to shut for six months from January 2013 (22 Mar 2012)
- Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony held in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (31 Jan 2012)
- Cityscapes plans pop-up gardens across SE1 during 2012 (20 Dec 2011)
- Giant crane lifts HMS Belfast's collapsed gangway out of the river (16 Dec 2011)
- HMS Belfast gangway collapses (29 Nov 2011)
- Imperial War Museum's World War I plans get thumbs-up from Heritage Lottery Fund (20 Nov 2011)
- Tooley Street features in list of top 10 endangered Victorian & Edwardian buildings (10 Oct 2011)
- Southwark Playhouse can return to London Bridge says Network Rail (5 Oct 2011)
- Simon Hughes opens Cambian Churchill mental health hospital (23 May 2011)
- Death of stained glass artist Lawrence Lee (11 May 2011)
- Southwark environment boss faces angry residents over park cuts (29 Mar 2011)
- Fears for Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park as gardeners are abolished (27 Mar 2011)
- Once Upon A Wartime at the Imperial War Museum (11 Feb 2011)
- Bedlam's Backyard explored by Morley College tutors (21 Dec 2010)
- £79 million Imperial War Museum revamp to be completed by 2019 (9 Dec 2010)
- Statue of footballer and war hero Walter Tull vetoed by Southwark (9 Dec 2010)
- Albert McKenzie memorial: Simon Hughes leads Zeebrugge delegation (17 Nov 2010)
- Remembrance Sunday at Borough High Street and Soviet War Memorial (14 Nov 2010)
- Bermondsey hero Albert McKenzie highlighted in new Imperial War Museum gallery (11 Nov 2010)
- Forgotten Southwark artist Austin Osman Spare honoured (30 Sep 2010)
- Veteran and 21st century Land Girls visit IWM's Wartime Farm (19 Aug 2010)
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