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Imperial War Museum

In 1917 the Cabinet decided that a National War Museum should be set up to collect and display material relating to the Great War, which was then still being fought. The interest taken by the Dominion governments led to the museum being given the title of Imperial War Museum. It was formally established by Act of Parliament in 1920 and a governing Board of Trustees appointed.

The Museum was opened in the Crystal Palace by King George V on 9 June 1920. From 1924 to 1935 it was housed, under very difficult conditions, in two galleries adjoining the former Imperial Institute, South Kensington.

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
United Kingdom

Email: General enquiries: mail@iwm.org.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)207 416 5000
General enquiries: +44 (0)207 416 5320
Fax: +44 (0)207 416 5374

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