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Appointment to the Imperial War Museum Board of TrusteesAppointment to the Imperial War Museum Board of Trustees
The Foreign Secretary has appointed Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE to be a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum in succession to Sir Thomas Harris KBE CMG.   The appointment is for a period of four years from 23 December 2009.

War Story - Imperial War Museum works with troops to record and share their frontline experiencesWar 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 FoodThe 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'.

VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF NEW IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM FOUNDATIONVISCOUNT ROTHERMERE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF NEW IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM FOUNDATION
The Viscount Rothermere has been appointed Chairman of the Imperial War Museum Foundation - a new, independent charitable body which will generate funds for the Imperial War Museum’s ambitious development plans for the next decade, and beyond.

HORRIBLE HISTORIES™: Terrible Trenches ExhibitionHORRIBLE HISTORIES™: Terrible Trenches Exhibition
Imperial War Museum London presents an unmissable family exhibition based on the Trenches Handbook, one of the books by Terry Deary in the bestselling Horrible Histories™ series published by Scholastic Children’s Books. This new interactive exhibition sets author Terry Deary’s acerbic text and Martin Brown’s evocative illustration alongside hands-on activities for all ages and items from the Imperial War Museum’s unique First World War collections.

OUTBREAK 1939OUTBREAK 1939
Seventy years after the radio announcement that informed the nation that Britain was at war, Imperial War Museum London is mounting Outbreak 1939, a new special exhibition, which will explore the build-up to and preparations for war, an overview of the key events of 3 September and an account the early months of the conflict. The exhibition is being launched in association with the ITV1 documentary of the same name, to be screened in September 2009.

2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum
2009 Highlights at Imperial War Museum

The Battle of the Somme online exhibition