Imperial War Museum London

Visited in January 2009 and went to the In Memoriam and Holocaust exhibitions.

In Memoriam is simply amazing. It is all personal stories from the war, of soldiers and civilians (e.g. letters sent to and from soldiers in the war, personal effects and the like). The exhibition is truly moving and humbling. Spent most of my time in here with tears in my eyes, well, when I wasn't getting annoyed with the extremely rude girl who was laughing all the way through. She must have been talking to her friend about something else, at least I hope she was! I would highly recommend this exhibition for anyone who has even a slight interest in WWI. It is free as it the entry to the musuem.

The Holocaust exhibition was also very moving. A lot of it is the history of what happened, how it came to occur and the aftermath of it. It was quite draining seeing these two exhibits one after the other but I'm glad I did.

After this we didn't see too much of the museum and there was a massive queue for the Britain at War experience so didnt get to do that this time - but it gives me an excuse to go back! The museum has a lot of interesting machinery in the main area as you walk in, some of which you can even touch or walk through (sections of planes). They also have the engine from Rudolf Hess' plane in which he was captured. It seemed very child friendly as well and interesting for kids so definitely one to do as a family.

But even if you aren't that keen on musuems, go just for In Memoriam - its only on until September 2009 so get your skates on!

i have been visiting the war museum since i was at my first school and im now 41 years old , i think that the museum gets better and better this is the place to bring your young ... to learn about the old . and how to respect what our elders have done for us and what they went throgh to give us what we have today.

a must visit 10 / 10

Very interesting and informative. Great for families with free entrance and many interactive activities. I particularly enjoyed the Children's war exhibition - it was like being transported back to 1942. We spent an entire afternoon here and still did not see it all.