Saturday, 12 February 2011

Imperial War Museum

This past week my history class took a trip to the Imperial War Museum (off the Lambeth North stop on the tube). It was a pretty nice day out so the park by the museum looked really pretty and there were so many cute dogs chasing each other. A couple of them were actually showing off by jumping across the fence and leaving their less adventurous friends in the dust haha.

The museum itself is amazing. It has many photographs and video footage from both world wars that I've never seen before. There's a room where you can experience what life was like for soldiers fighting in the trenches during the first world war. There's another room where you can experience what it was like to have to hide in a cellar during the Blitz in London in the second world war. The exhibition about children during the war is really sad and some of those photographs are really hard to look at. The Holocaust exhibition has many videos of Nazi speeches and actual propaganda posters that were used at the time. Many of the videos playing are interviews with the Holocaust survivors that are just so sad and emotional.

On a happier note, the main lobby has many airplanes and tanks that were used in wars. There's a big green rocket and an ambulance jeep. There's also a children's play area where they can experience life in a submarine.



It was definitely one of the more interesting museums I have visited in London!