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The Imperial War Museum is housed in the former
Bethlehem Hospital built in 1811. This award winning museum contains
thousands of exhibits from the twentieth Century wars and the story of
the people who were part of them working on the home front or engaged
in battle.
The vast exhibits gallery houses one of the most
impressive collections of military and naval weapons tanks, armoured
cars, artillery guns and aircraft including an original Battle of
Britain Spitfire 1A.
Among the museums permanent installations is The First
World War Experience, a walk through re-creation of life and times in
the battlefields trenches.
Experience the Blitz in the Second World War and life in
the air raid shelters of London as well as on the streets above.
Learn about life after the war years, the Cold War, the
Nuclear arms race, British Commonwealth troops fighting in the Far
East, the troubled times in Northern Ireland and the Argentine invasion
of the Falkland Islands.
There are also galleries displaying uniforms, medals,
firearms, historical paintings and photographs.
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