Imperial War Museum

British

noun

a museum in London, founded in 1920, containing material related to military operations involving British and Commonwealth forces since 1914

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The statue was unveiled facing the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth by three of his children on Sunday.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2025

McQueen enlisted author Joshua Levine as a historical advisor and did extensive research with the help of the Imperial War Museum and the British Library to produce an original screenplay.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

On Wednesday, he presented the findings with members of the panel in a packed room at the Imperial War Museum in London.

From New York Times • May 22, 2024

Taking out the Möhne dam in 1943, for instance, required five 4.5-ton, specially made “bouncing bombs,” according to the Imperial War Museum archives.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023

Today, on the morning of my seventy-seventh birthday, I decided to make one last visit to the Imperial War Museum library in Lambeth.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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