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Churchill War Rooms The Churchill Museum is the first museum dedicated to the life and achievements of Sir Winston Churchill.
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This permanent exhibition is housed within the unique historic setting of the Cabinet War Rooms, Churchill's secret underground wartime base. Follow us on Facebook and join our growing community of fans. Discover in-depth information about Churchill War Rooms, special content, and discuss and share with others. Our social media house rules can be found here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/policies/social-media

One of our bestselling replicas has returned. Inspired by the iconic clock used in the historic Map Room at Churchill Wa...
14/10/2026

One of our bestselling replicas has returned. Inspired by the iconic clock used in the historic Map Room at Churchill War Rooms, clock brings a piece of Britain's wartime story into your home.

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Churchill and Stalin, in the company of Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov, inspect the Red Army guard of honour on Moscow...
09/10/2026

Churchill and Stalin, in the company of Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov, inspect the Red Army guard of honour on Moscow airport, 9 October 1944. Churchill travelled to Moscow for the 'Tolstoy Conference' to discuss the final defeat of the Axis and post-war spheres of influence in Eastern Europe.

Image: IWM (HU 90354)

08/09/2026

Churchill inspects building damage in the East End following an air raid at the start of the Blitz, 8 September 1940.

You can read more about the Blitz on our website here: https://bit.ly/3SQFzKg

Film: IWM AYY 32A

Winston Churchill pictured with other Allied Commanders near Frensham, Surrey, 14 February 1941. With Churchill are Gene...
26/08/2026

Winston Churchill pictured with other Allied Commanders near Frensham, Surrey, 14 February 1941.

With Churchill are General Charles de Gaulle and General Władysław Sikorski, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile. General Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps, is at the very left, and General Andrew Thorne, the GOC Scottish Command, to the very right.

The photograph was taken after a tank demonstration showing the capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country.

Image: IWM (H 7233)

'Never was so much owed by so many to so few'On 20 August 1940, Winston Churchill delivered one of his most iconic speec...
20/08/2026

'Never was so much owed by so many to so few'

On 20 August 1940, Winston Churchill delivered one of his most iconic speeches of the war to the House of Commons. Speaking during the height of the Battle of Britain, he declared, 'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few' - a phrase immortalised in posters, like this famous one in IWM's collection.

The phrase paid tribute to the courage of the RAF pilots and crews who were actively defending the skies against the German Luftwaffe, preventing a seemingly inevitable invasion of Britain. The speech came at a moment of extreme national peril and exhaustion. For weeks, citizens had watched dogfights streak across the summer skies while enduring the first terrifying waves of the Blitz.

You can read more about the Battle of Britain on our website: https://bit.ly/3SG5OmH

Image: IWM (Art.IWM PST 14972)

10/08/2026

Churchill and Roosevelt filmed during a Sunday service on board HMS Prince of Wales, 10 August 1941.

The footage was filmed during the Atlantic Conference, held in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, between 9 and 12 August. The conference resulted in the Atlantic Charter, which stated the Allied goals for the post-war world.

Film: IWM WPN 26

Photographs from Winston Churchill's visit to Caen on 22 July 1944. These original colour photographs show Churchill mee...
22/07/2026

Photographs from Winston Churchill's visit to Caen on 22 July 1944.

These original colour photographs show Churchill meeting with Montgomery, Simonds and Dempsey, as well as speaking with British and Canadian troops.

Find more photographs from the visit on our website here: https://bit.ly/4gMy4xG

Images: IWM (TR 2047) / IWM (TR 2048) / IWM (TR 2049) / IWM (TR 2043) / IWM (TR 2044)

15/07/2026

Winston Churchill was known to be an admirer of the French Adrian helmet.

He received an Adrian as a gift while commanding an infantry battalion on the Western Front. Of the helmet, he wrote home to his wife: 'My steel helmet is the cause of much envy. I look most martial in it – like a Cromwellian. I always intend to wear it under fire - but chiefly for the appearance'.

26/06/2026

Did you know that Churchill's meeting chair is gouged with scratch marks from the incredibly tense meetings? Or that they used to change the weather sign when air raids were in progress?

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19/06/2026

This was Churchill's underground bedroom during the Second World War.

While Churchill was fond of an afternoon nap, it's suspected he only actually slept overnight here maybe three times over the course of the war.

His bedroom was also advantageously placed next to the Map Room, Churchill's favourite place in the Cabinet War Rooms, which meant he could drop in at any time to catch any developments.

You can see Churchill's bedroom at Churchill War Rooms - link in bio.

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Clive Steps, King Charles Street
London
SW1A2

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 6pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 6pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6pm
Friday 9:30am - 6pm
Saturday 9:30am - 6pm
Sunday 9:30am - 7pm

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