Press Desk - Imperial War Museum London

The Lord Ashcroft Gallery, Extraordinary Heroes
Imperial War Museum London opens the Lord Ashcroft Gallery, its first major permanent gallery for ten years, this November.

Baghdad, 5 March 2007: A New Display with Jeremy Deller
This September, Imperial War Museum London will display a car salvaged from the bombing of the historic Al-Mutanabbi street book market in Baghdad.

Imperial War Museum London Appoints Master Planners
Imperial War Museum London has appointed Foster + Partners as architect and Drivers Jonas Deloitte as project manager for its ambitious spatial master plan.

Explore History
From 21 May 2010, admission free
This May the Imperial War Museum London launches Explore History, an innovative project which will see visitors get up close and personal with the past thanks to improved access to the Museum’s Collections

Appointment to the Imperial War Museum Board of Trustees
The Prime Minister has appointed Professor Hew Strachan to be a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum in succession to Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman KCMG CBE FBA. The appointment is for a period of four years from 26 February 2010

War Story - Imperial War Museum works with troops to record and share their frontline experiences
Imperial War Museum will support today’s servicemen and women record and share their personal experiences for posterity, enriching public understanding of human behaviour in modern conflicts and military campaigns.

The Ministry of Food
Imperial War Museum London is opening The Ministry of Food, a major new exhibition to show how the British public adapted to a world of food shortages by ‘Lending a Hand on the Land’, ‘Digging for Victory’, taking up the ‘War on Waste’, and being both frugal and inventive on the ‘Kitchen Front'.