The museum
The Imperial War Museum
has an incomparable collection covering all aspects of twentieth and
twenty-first century conflict involving Britain and the Commonwealth.
Collections Online provides unprecedented access to large parts of this
rich resource and is continually updated.
Web users can now access over 6,000 highlights from the collection, including
photographs, works of art, audio extracts, aircraft and vehicles, documents
and library material as well as detailed catalogue information on over
160.000 items.
Also included are short essays on major historical themes that lead you
to selected highlights from the collections.
The Collections encompass a wealth of material:
• 19.000
painting, drawings and sculptures
• 15.000 posters
• 120 million feet of cine film
• 10.000 hours of videotape
• 56.000 hours of historical sound recordings
• 6 million photographs, negatives and transparencies
• 270.000 items in the national library |
The Imperial War Museum is also a major national art gallery, a national
records archive and a research centre.
Much is on display but the Museum is unique in the degree of access
it offers to its reserve collections. Professional and private visitors
are welcome to study 'behind the scenes' and the Museum deals with
over
80.000 enquiries each year. Over 120 people work in the Collections
Division, helping to acquire, catalogue, conserve and correctly store
or display
the items.
You
may contact museum authorities there.
The official website
of the Imperial War Museum stands here.
Location information
The museum is located
here:
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
United Kingdom
Nearest underground station: Lambeth North
Opening times: Open daily (except 24, 25 and 26 December) 10.00am -
6.00pm.
Admission is free: (nb: special exhibitions may charge an admission
fee)
