Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum in London is part of a massive system of War Museums located throughout England. The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is a national art gallery, a national records archive, and a research center that houses 19,000 paintings (throughout the museum's many locations) as well as 15,000 posters, 10,000 hours of videotape, 10 million photographs, 15,000 collections of unpublished memoirs, diaries, and letters, and 270,000 library items.

Visitors to the Imperial War Museum will also find uniforms, medals, firearms, and other objects on display. IWM London has several permanent exhibitions such as the Holocaust Exhibition, as well as anywhere from 4-5 temporary exhibitions at any given time. General admission is free, but special exhibitions may charge a small fee.