Imperial War Museum London

This has got to be the best museum I've ever been to. Those who love tracking war history, and especially the holocaust will have a fabulous time. most importantly it's free!

Went there recently and was well impressed with the quality of the displays, although military history is not the most interesting topic apriori. The galleries in the basement, and the display about the secret war are very well laid out and arranged to make their topic captivating.

The museum is in a little park, very pleasant on a nice day.

During a 6 week trip to Europe with 3 boys aged 6 -13 in tow , we visited a very select number of museums . This was on our must see list due to recommendations on tripadvisor and it definately lived upto expectations. Apart from our boys expected fascination with the cannons ,tanks and other equpment , the interactive and quality displays imparted a real sense of what ilife was like in the Blitz, the trenches and for submariners during the war. The older boys and I could easily have spent the better part of the day looking at all the exhibits . I found the detail in the WW II house fascinating and the bomb shelter experience was an eerie experience. Ther were no sensationalised exhibits here, just real history presented in a very thoughtful and informative way. Plus a real plus was it was FREE !