Informative workshops created by the learning team help tackle challenging topics head on, and offer pupils a much more engaging and interactive experience. From a unique chance for students to meet ...

Since its foundation in 1917 IWM has been building its collections in order to illustrate and record all aspects of conflict in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We want our collections to ...

See what's happening at IWM Duxford from family activities in school holidays, flying displays and air shows, historic tours and exciting events.

From the early days of flight, through to the dramatic days of the Second World War and the technological advances of the Cold War, IWM Duxford has played a central role in some of the most ...

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Britain invaded Eastern Africa in multiple stages in the last years of the nineteenth-century. They conquered many different peoples and destroyed traditional societies which had existed for centuries ...

On the 9th of January 1916, the last remaining Allied troops on the Gallipoli peninsula were evacuated. Despite catastrophic predictions, the withdrawal went off without a hitch and the entire force ...

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This display houses the world’s largest collection of Victoria Crosses, alongside a significant collection of George Crosses. Discover over 250 stories of people who faced adversity and performed acts ...

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The Command Centre at HMS Belfast is a fully equipped interactive gaming room in the heart of the ship where, using a specially prepared build of the online naval action video game World of Warships, ...