ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

From War to Windrush
Until 29 March 2009
To mark the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of the MV Empire Windrush in Britain in 1948, this exhibition tells the personal20stories of the involvement of Black men and women from the West Indies and Britain in the First and Second World Wars.

Among the exhibits on display are pages from the MV Empire Windrush passenger list; the RAF flying logbook of Cy Grant (a navigator in Bomber Command, who was shot down over The Netherlands during the Second World War and spent the rest of the war in German prisoner of war camps); the MBE belonging to Sam King (who returned to Britain on the Windrush after serving in the RAF and was later the first Black mayor of Southwark); and the telegram announcing the death of Walter Tull, the first Black British Army officer.
Admission free

The Children’s War
Until 1 January 2010
This major exhibition looks at the home front in Britain and the impact of the Second World War through the eyes of the children who lived through it. Incorporating hands-on activities for visitors of all ages, it also features the popular 1940s house and part of a post-war prefab.
Admission free

The Holocaust Exhibition
Ongoing
This highly-acclaimed exhibition uses film, photographs and a large number of rare artefacts – many brought from Germany and Eastern Europe – to document the history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews and other groups before and during the Second World War.
Admission free

Crimes against humanity
Ongoing
A specially-commissioned 30-minute film is the central element of this exhibition, which examines the themes of genocide and ethnic conflict and looks at some of the common features shared by the horrendous bloodshed in Armenia, Nazi-occupied Europe, Cambodia, East Timor, Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere.
Admission free

Imperial War Museum London, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ
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