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Imperial War Museum

 
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Address: Imperial War Museum,  Lambeth Road, Southwark,  SE1 6HZ
Telephone: 020 7416 5320
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Imperial War Museum is in the London Borough of Southwark
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Imperial War MuseumThis museum of 20th-century warfare offers a thoughtful look at what day-to-day life was like for both citizens and soldiers in the two world wars. The Imperial War Museum has many weapons of war, including rocket, tanks, guns, and submarines and some of its most powerful exhibits are the Trench Experience in the World War I gallery, and The Blitz Experience in the World War II gallery. A huge emphasis is placed on the social effects of war, through poetry, photography and film footage. The museum also houses war art by artists David Bomberg, Henry Moore, and John Singer Sargent. Not to miss is the Secret War Gallery, which charts the history of agents' work and the creation of MI5 and M16.
What's on at Imperial War Museum
Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches - The Exhibition Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenc...
18th July 2009 - 31st October 2010
Blood, gore and all the interesting bits of trivia are...
  Price:
£4.95 (Adults)
Outbreak 1939 Outbreak 1939
20th August 2009 - 5th September 2010
A special year-long exhibition at the Imperial War Museum marks...
  Price:
FREE
The Ministry of Food
12th February 2010 - 3rd January 2011
A wartime greenhouse, a 1940s grocer's shop, and a kitchen...
  Price:
£4.95 (Adults)

Visiting Imperial War Museum

 
 

Travel

 
Underground Stations
Lambeth North Tube (6 minutes)
Elephant & Castle Tube (8 minutes)
Railway Stations
Elephant & Castle Railway Station (8 minutes)
Waterloo Railway Station (12 minutes)
 
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Opening Times

10am-6pm | Closed 15, 24-26 Dec
 
 

Car Parks

 
Library Street NCP (8 minutes)
Elephant and Castle NCP (9 minutes)
 
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Pricing

FREE (Adult) | Charges apply to major temporary exhibitions.

London Location Map of Imperial War Museum

Lambeth Road
 
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54 Kennington Road London,  SE1 Map
4 minutes walk from Imperial War Museum
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Park Plaza Westminster Bridge

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