| Ship Ship Hooray! HMS Belfast prepares to reopenGet 2-for-1 adult tickets for our Family Weekender | |||||
| Come aboard HMS Belfast on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 May to celebrate the reopening of the ship at our Family Weekender. This weekend extravaganza includes the opportunity to hear stories of life at sea from veterans who served on board, simulated firings of the 4-inch guns and live music and a barbecue on the Boat Deck. There will also be hands-on activities for kids and the chance to imagine life during convoy duties in icy Arctic waters with re-enactors Able Seaman Wood and Lieutenant Commander Graham. To claim our 2-for-1 offer on full-price adult tickets,book general admission online and quote code MPF496. Remember, kids aged 15 and under go free! |
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| Build the Truce at IWM LondonNew interactive display opens Thursday 24 May | |||||
| Investigate the concepts of truce and conflict resolution through films and eyewitness interviews collected as part of an IWM learning project. The stories told through the Build the Truce display, which is part of the Cultural Olympiad, draw attention to the efforts of individuals to broker or break permanent peace. Highlights include extracts from interviews with former IRA prisoner Seanna Walsh and former UDA prisoner Jackie McDonald, both now involved in Northern Irish peace initiatives, and Dr Tony Redmond, who led aid teams in Kosovo following NATO attacks in 1999. You can also explore the theme of global truce with the kids at our free drop-in family activities on 26 and 27 May. Display and activities are free. |
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| Churchill Lecture Series: Top speakers announced for autumn talksBook your tickets now for Ben Macintyre and Ken Follett | |||||
| We’re already looking forward to welcoming best-selling authors Ben Macintyre and Ken Follett to Churchill War Rooms for our ever-popular Churchill Lecture Series. In Double Cross: The D-Day Spies on Tuesday 18 September, Ben will tell the story of the double agents who deceived the Nazis, as told in his new book. Then, in What Were We Fighting For? on Tuesday 2 October, Ken will look at potential turning points in both world wars and the Cold War. Tickets: £16.50 Adults/£13.20 Concessions |
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The Jubilee Air Show at IWM Duxford
Last chance to book your tickets online and save 10%
Contemporary and classic aircraft will be performing awe-inspiring displays at IWM Duxford on 27 May. Highlights include the Belgian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon and the first mainland UK display by the Cartouche Dore, the French Air Force's piston-engined aerobatic team.
Advanced booking closes on 16 May, 5pm. Book tickets online now
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What's on at IWM North
Great events for all ages this Bank Holiday
Be inspired by the Once Upon A Wartimeexhibition and meet CBBC's Andrew Clover from My Almost Famous Family to experience his own unique style of storytelling. Taking place on Bank Holiday Monday at 12.30pm, Andrew will explain his Seven Secrets of Storytelling in hisAlmost Famous Story Session.
Find out what's on at IWM North
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Get up close and personal
With key works from our art collection
Did you know that IWM has the second largest collection of modern British artwork in the UK? Now you can take a closer look - much closer than in the galleries - at works like Sir Stanley Spencer's 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' on Google Art Project. Zoom in, collect and share some of our best-known works as well as hidden gems now.
Browse Google Art Project And don't forget to download the latest version of ourGreat British Posters of the Second World War app!
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A Nurse at the Front
Read the First World War diaries of Sister Edith Appleton
Detailing the horrors of the 'war to end wars' including the first use of poison gas and the terrible cost of battles such as Ypres, Edith Appleton's diary records what life was like for nurses on the Western Front.
A Nurse at the Front is the second in a series of four unique war diaries produced in conjunction with IWM. Buy your copy from IWM Shop today
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Last chance to see: Dickens and London
At Museum of London until 10 June 2012
Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with the UK's first major exhibition on the author for over 40 years.
Sounds and projections recreate Victorian London while paintings, photographs, costumes and objects illustrate themes that Dickens wove into his works and rarely-seen manuscripts - written in the author's own hand - offer clues to his creative genius. Visit Museum of London
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Blenheim Palace offerFree Annual Pass and book
Visit Blenheim Palace, Sir Winston Churchill's birthplace until 31 October 2012 and receive a free Annual Pass to the palace, park and gardens plus a copy of Winston and Blenheim, Churchill's Destiny, which reveals the lasting influence of Churchill's time at the palace, built for his ancestor and military hero John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough.
Terms and conditions apply. Download voucher to claim the offer | ||||
