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Explore key moments of the Second World War through people’s lives and the objects on display. Discover the role of strategic bombing and the fi ghting fronts in Russia and Africa, through to the D-Day landings.

The HolocaustPermanent Exhibition, Level 4

This award-winning exhibition traces the Nazi persecution and murder of Jewish people in Europe from 1933 to 1945. Learn how the political climate enabled Hitler to rise to power and how his ideas spread throughout Europe, ultimately aff ecting people all around the world.

Photographs, diaries, toys and fi lm tell the stories of the people who lived through the Holocaust. Testimonies from survivors bring a moving perspective to these objects while a model of Auschwitz-Birkenau demonstrates the extent of events that occurred.

VISIT USIWM is a family of fi ve museums including Churchill War Rooms, the underground nerve centre below Westminster where Winston Churchill and his inner circle directed the Second World War, and HMS Belfast, Britain’s iconic warship that saw action in key battles during the Second World War and Korean War.

Outside London, visit IWM North in Manchester where the 360° cinematic Big Picture Show immerses you in personal memories of confl ict, and IWM Duxford, the former RAF fi ghter station and home of the Spitfi re, located just outside Cambridge.

Open 10am–6pm daily. Closed 24 –26 December.

Buy event tickets, guidebooks and get information about what’s on today at our Information Desk on Level 0.

Our Café (Level 0, until 5.30pm daily) off ersa wide choice of hot and cold food and drinks.

Take home a souvenir of your visit or shop online at iwmshop.co.uk. Every purchase supports IWM.

Photographs and videos may be taken in the galleries for personal use, except where otherwise indicated. Ask a member of staff for further information.

We are fully wheelchair accessible. Ask at the Information Desk on Level 0 about how we can help you make the most of your visit.

Events ProgrammeWe run a programme of events throughout the year, linked to our exhibitions and collections. Information about what’s on today can be found on our digital screens located on Levels 0–3.

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The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary HeroesPermanent Exhibition, Level 5

This display houses the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses, alongside a signifi cant collection of George Crosses, telling the extraordinary stories of the people who have been awarded these medals.

Accompanying the stories of those awarded the medals is artwork, fi lm and photography exploring the concept of bravery and what motivates people to undertake acts of heroism.

Peace and Security: 1945–2014Permanent Exhibition, Level 2

Turning Points 1934–1945Permanent Exhibition, Level 2

Witnesses to WarPermanent Exhibition, Level 0

Second World War

Witnesses to War presents nine important objects from our collection spanning over a century, highlighting IWM’s role to tell the stories of confl ict. This dramatic display features a Harrier jet and Spitfi re plane, suspended above a V2 rocket. Also on display is a T-34 tank and a 13-Pounder Gun from the First World War which became a memorial for the men who fought with it. Joining them is a Reuters Land Rover damaged by a rocket attack in Gaza.

First World War GalleriesPermanent Exhibition, Level 0

First World War

From Britain and Europe after the Second World War through to the Cold War and the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, Peace and Security reveals how confl icts have been fought and communities divided in places such as Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan from 1945 to the present day.

Curiosities of WarPermanent Exhibition, Level 3

See some of the more unexpected objects from our collections. Items on display range from a section of the bar where the Dambusters crew used to drink through to a sofa which troops in Afghanistan made out of HESCObastion fencing.

Discover the story of the First World War through theeyes of the British people and the Empire, both on the home front and the fi ghting fronts. On display are objects from IWM’s collections including weapons, uniforms, diaries, keepsakes, fi lm and art.

See how the war started, why it continued, how the Allies won and its impact on people’s lives across the globe. Walk through a recreated trench with a Sopwith Camel plane swooping low overhead as a Mark V Tank looms above you.

SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Post, tweet and snap your IWM experience with us today on Twitter via @I_W_M or on Instagram via ImperialWarMuseums

using #IWMLondon, or fi nd us on Facebook.

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The exhibition Refugees: Forced to Flee will explore how and why confl ict has forced people to leave their homes and seek to build new lives elsewhere.

Contemporary stories, cutting-edge research and newly commissioned artworks will provide contrast to objects, fi lm and photography from IWM’s collection to reveal touching and fascinating personal stories of refugees and displaced people.

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We’re building new Second World War Galleries and Holocaust Galleries, ready to open to the public in 2021. We’re currently beavering away behind the scenes, building the spaces, installing set-works and writing gallery text.

For more information or to fi nd out how you can support this project please visitiwm.org.uk/support-us/donations

TOURS AT IWM LONDON

Public Tours run daily at IWM London, including:From Bedlam to Baghdad: An Introduction toIWM London and From Empire to Armistice: A Tour of the First World Galleries. Plus, on selected dates: The Holocaust Gallery Tour and Extraordinary Heroes: The Lord Ashcroft Gallery Tour.

For information and tickets please visit the Information Desk on Level 0.

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