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Churchill War Rooms The Churchill Museum is the first museum dedicated to the life and achievements of Sir Winston Churchill.

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

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Naval officer Commander Charles 'Tommy' Thompson was Churchill's aide-de-camp - a kind of military personal assistant. H...
08/12/2022

Naval officer Commander Charles 'Tommy' Thompson was Churchill's aide-de-camp - a kind of military personal assistant. He was rarely seen away from Churchill's side during the war, so it is no surprise that he was given emergency accommodation in the War Rooms.

One of Thompson's duties involved making travel arrangements for the Prime Minister's entourage and baggage, no mean feat considering how unpredictable Churchill's movements could be.

Pictured is a razor on display in Thompson's Room. See these historic rooms left exactly as they were. Book your visit to Churchill War Rooms today: https://bit.ly/3VulNjy

Winston Churchill reads a newspaper while waiting for a train at St Andrews, Scotland during a tour of Britain's coastal...
05/12/2022

Winston Churchill reads a newspaper while waiting for a train at St Andrews, Scotland during a tour of Britain's coastal defences, 23 October 1940. Churchill had become Prime Minister earlier that year.

© IWM H 4985

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We were pleased to welcome back comedian and co-host of the bi-weekly Second World War history podcast 'We Have Ways of ...
02/12/2022

We were pleased to welcome back comedian and co-host of the bi-weekly Second World War history podcast 'We Have Ways of Making You Talk', Al Murray, last week. Al joined IWM curator Kate Clements for a tour of Churchill War Rooms.

This photograph of Mrs Churchill's bedroom at the Cabinet War Rooms, taken in 1946, was one of a series that proved vita...
29/11/2022

This photograph of Mrs Churchill's bedroom at the Cabinet War Rooms, taken in 1946, was one of a series that proved vital to the restoration of the rooms in the Churchill Suite.

Discover these historic rooms, left exactly as they were. Plan your visit to Churchill War Rooms today: https://bit.ly/3GuavHQ

© IWM HU 43546

It was as a journalist for the Morning Post that Churchill travelled to South Africa to cover the Boer War in 1899. Eage...
26/11/2022

It was as a journalist for the Morning Post that Churchill travelled to South Africa to cover the Boer War in 1899. Eager to get where the action was, he undertook a risky journey on an armoured train and was captured.

He was not a prisoner for long. When one of the guards turned from his post to light a pipe, he climbed over a wall and jumped onto a passing coal train. This daring escape story turned Churchill into something of a celebrity.

Here Churchill can be seen standing to the right of a group of prisoners, having been captured by the Boers.

© IWM ZZZ 7150D

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25/11/2022

Get 15% off in our online shop this Black Friday by using code BF22 at the checkout.

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By shopping with IWM, you're helping us to conserve our world-leading collections for future generations.

Winston Churchill delivering a speech beneath a large poster of Abraham Lincoln during a celebration of American Thanksg...
24/11/2022

Winston Churchill delivering a speech beneath a large poster of Abraham Lincoln during a celebration of American Thanksgiving Day at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 23 November 1944.

Churchill had American ancestry - his mother, the beautiful American heiress Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1854.

© IWM EA 44805

'Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table...
16/11/2022

'Why, you may take the most gallant sailor, the most intrepid airman, or the most audacious soldier, put them at a table together - what do you get? The sum total of their fears!'

- Churchill privately criticises the Chiefs of Staff system, 16 November 1943.

A new display in the Chiefs of Staff Conference Room at Churchill War Rooms recreates a special meeting held in 1944 to discuss reprisals for German V-1 flying bomb attacks.

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Visit Churchill War Rooms

Discover London's must-see attraction, hidden beneath the streets of Westminster.

A visit to Churchill War Rooms includes both the rooms of Winston Churchill's secret Second World War headquarters, left exactly as they were, and the extensive Churchill Museum.

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Today we mark Armistice Day, 104 years since the signing of the armistice brought an end to hostilities on the Western F...
11/11/2022

Today we mark Armistice Day, 104 years since the signing of the armistice brought an end to hostilities on the Western Front and began a peace process which would end the First World War.

At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.

© IWM Q 78616

In a speech to the House of Commons on 22 February 1944, Churchill remarked: 'There are many dangers and difficulties in...
08/11/2022

In a speech to the House of Commons on 22 February 1944, Churchill remarked: 'There are many dangers and difficulties in making speeches at this moment...

Now that we are in the closest relation on either side with our great Allies, every word spoken has to be in consideration of them.'

Here, Churchill talks with members of a US airborne unit and American War correspondents in March 1944.

© IWM EA 18274

This December will see a celebration of the Second World War’s most hard-working fighter aircraft, the Hawker Hurricane,...
07/11/2022

This December will see a celebration of the Second World War’s most hard-working fighter aircraft, the Hawker Hurricane, with the opening of Hurricane: Unsung Hero at IWM Duxford.

With only fourteen airworthy Hurricanes remaining in the world, this spotlight exhibition will offer a unique opportunity to see seven of these brought together under one roof to explore the rich history of Fighter Command’s finest enemy destroyer.

Often overlooked in favour of the Spitfire, the Hurricane accounted for sixty percent of air victories in the Battle of Britain and highlights of this new spotlight exhibition include a Hurricane MK1 veteran from the summer of 1940, the world’s only two-seater Hurricane and a Sea Hurricane Mk1b which was received by No 880 Squadron, the first Fleet Air Arm Squadron to be equipped with Hurricanes.

Hurricane: Unsung Hero runs at IWM Duxford for a limited time only from 27th December to 19th February. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3zReL01

The IWM Christmas range has landed!Cosy up this festive season in our brand new Santa in a Spitfire Jumper and Socks: ht...
05/11/2022

The IWM Christmas range has landed!

Cosy up this festive season in our brand new Santa in a Spitfire Jumper and Socks:
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Explore the entire Christmas range on the IWM Shop: https://bit.ly/3WviaL

Churchill buying an 'Aid to Russia' flag from his wife, Clementine, 9 December 1941. Among her other roles, Clementine w...
04/11/2022

Churchill buying an 'Aid to Russia' flag from his wife, Clementine, 9 December 1941. Among her other roles, Clementine was chair of the Joint War Organisation's Aid to Russia fund.

Set up in October 1941, by the time it closed the fund had raised more than £7 million through fund-raising drives, penny-a-week schemes, collections in workplaces, flag days and sporting events.

The proceeds bought 11,600 tons of medical supplies and clothing for the Soviet Union, including medicines and surgical equipment.

© IWM H 16020

Winston Churchill poses on the steps of the Admiralty building in London. On becoming First Lord of the Admiralty at the...
01/11/2022

Winston Churchill poses on the steps of the Admiralty building in London. On becoming First Lord of the Admiralty at the outbreak of war in 1939, Churchill was returning to an office he had formerly held from 1911 to 1915.

On arrival, he sent a signal to the entire Royal Navy: 'Winston is back'. He would not stay in this post long however - within a year he would become prime minister.

© IWM HU 5547

Office of Works official George Rance was responsible for adjusting the weather indicator in the main corridor of the Ca...
27/10/2022

Office of Works official George Rance was responsible for adjusting the weather indicator in the main corridor of the Cabinet War Rooms to let staff know what conditions were like outside.

When a heavy raid was in progress, Rance, as an in-joke, would update the indicator to display the word 'Windy', slang meaning afraid.

© IWM HU 43777

In November 1944, Churchill visited Paris at the invitation of General Charles de Gaulle and was moved to tears by the t...
25/10/2022

In November 1944, Churchill visited Paris at the invitation of General Charles de Gaulle and was moved to tears by the tremendous welcome from the crowds lining the Champs-Élysées.

General de Gaulle had led Free France against N**i Germany in the Second World War. Here the two men can be seen inspecting French troops at Marrakesh in January earlier that year.

© IWM TR 1505

On 7 September 1940, Germany launched the 'Blitz' - a sustained bombing campaign against British towns and cities, with ...
24/10/2022

On 7 September 1940, Germany launched the 'Blitz' - a sustained bombing campaign against British towns and cities, with London the chief target.

It was in preparation for such an attack that the Cabinet War Rooms had been put together in the first place. It is no surprise then that it hosted the majority of War Cabinets and almost all Defence Committee meetings during October and November.

Churchill also made use of the site's broadcasting equipment to speak to the nation, and he spent the night in his underground bedroom twice in September and once in October.

© IWM C 5422

The Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room has been preserved to look almost exactly as it did at the end of the war. Many of the m...
20/10/2022

The Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room has been preserved to look almost exactly as it did at the end of the war. Many of the maps, charts and lists on the walls reflect Allied preoccupations in the final days of the conflict.

This table, for example, shows Allied air strength in the South-West and South Pacific at the end of April 1945, while the Map Room's calendar displays the date Tuesday 16 August 1945 - the day after the Japanese surrender and the last time the Cabinet War Rooms were used.

The system used for the Cabinet War Rooms' transatlantic telephone link was codenamed 'Sigsaly'. The machinery required ...
15/10/2022

The system used for the Cabinet War Rooms' transatlantic telephone link was codenamed 'Sigsaly'. The machinery required to make it work was installed in three large rooms below Selfridges department store in the West End (pictured).

Sigsaly could have peculiar effects on a person's voice. On one occasion, it is said that President Roosevelt couldn't help but laugh on hearing Churchill speak down the line. Apparently the bulldog British Prime Minister sounded remarkably like the cartoon character Donald Duck.

© IWM HU 45346

The Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room became operational on 27 August 1939. News that Hi**er had invaded Poland arrived on 1 S...
10/10/2022

The Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room became operational on 27 August 1939. News that Hi**er had invaded Poland arrived on 1 September. Two days later, Britain was at war.

Learn more of the history of Churchill War Rooms and plan your visit today: https://bit.ly/3yoEHPF

© IWM HU 5517

We’re recruiting for Front of House ‘Discover’ volunteers at all of our branches.Whether you’re a regular visitor or new...
09/10/2022

We’re recruiting for Front of House ‘Discover’ volunteers at all of our branches.

Whether you’re a regular visitor or new to IWM, a history expert or an enthusiastic beginner – this is your chance to get involved.

Find out more and apply by 17 October: https://bit.ly/3V2eGPM

Churchill enjoyed the finest ci**rs - but made time to acknowledge the gift of something humbler. US telecommunications ...
08/10/2022

Churchill enjoyed the finest ci**rs - but made time to acknowledge the gift of something humbler.

US telecommunications engineer Stephen Geis helped to set up the transatlantic telephone line in the Cabinet War Rooms. He remembers the first time it was used:

'Anticipating the possibility that the Prime Minister was going to use the system, I decided to stop... and purchase the best cigar I could... sure enough the Prime Minister, dressed in his boiler suit, came in...

He said "Oh, you may stay if you wish." and I said " No, I don't think I'd better Mr Churchill but if you would accept a cigar from me I would be very happy." And he said "Well, I certainly will."

Several days later I received... a copy of Mr Churchill's book 'My Early Life'. Inside was a card from No. 10 Downing Street... and on the fly-leaf there was a signature... from Winston Churchill, May 1944.

I counted it to be the thrill of my military experience.'

'It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.' - A young Winston Churchill wr...
06/10/2022

'It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic.' - A young Winston Churchill writing in 1898.

This photograph shows Churchill in 1900, aged 25.

© IWM Q 113382

The overnight accommodation for staff at the War Rooms - a subbasement known unaffectionately as 'the dock' - had no flu...
03/10/2022

The overnight accommodation for staff at the War Rooms - a subbasement known unaffectionately as 'the dock' - had no flushing toilets.

Instead, foul-smelling chemical toilets like this one had to be used. The nearest proper facilities were two floors higher up.

Over the summer, we have been busy transforming five key areas at Churchill War Rooms to delve deeper into the fascinati...
28/09/2022

Over the summer, we have been busy transforming five key areas at Churchill War Rooms to delve deeper into the fascinating history of this secret Second World War underground nerve centre.

We have brought together images, footage and oral histories from the IWM archive to explain and explore the historical significance of the site and the people that worked here.

Central to this redevelopment is the Chiefs of Staff Conference Room where a new film projection and narration transports visitors back to the tense summer of 1944, when a special meeting was held to discuss reprisals for German V-1 flying bomb attacks.

Discover these transformed historic spaces and untold personal stories on your next visit to Churchill War Rooms.

Find out more and book now: https://bit.ly/3R80tgY

The decision to create a suite of underground rooms for the Churchills was prompted when a bomb destroyed the kitchen at...
25/09/2022

The decision to create a suite of underground rooms for the Churchills was prompted when a bomb destroyed the kitchen at 10 Downing Street on 14 October 1940. Just moments before the blast, Churchill had been standing in the kitchen persuading his chef, Georgina Landemare to take shelter in the building's basement.

Mrs Landemare duly survived the blast and would go on to make use of this new kitchen in the Cabinet War Rooms. A number of the pots, pans and utensils in the kitchen were given to IWM by the granddaughter of Mrs Landemare. Churchill's cook had been allowed to keep them when she retired from their service in 1954 at the age of 72.

An enormous convoy map dominates one end of the Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room. Viewed from a distance, it is still possibl...
24/09/2022

An enormous convoy map dominates one end of the Cabinet War Rooms' Map Room. Viewed from a distance, it is still possible to see the cloud left behind by tens of thousands of tiny pinholes.

Each time a pin was placed in the waters of the North Atlantic or Mediterranean it represented the position of a convoy running the gauntlet of German and Italian submarines to deliver vital supplies to Britain, its allies and fighting forces.

Sometimes the map would denote progress, but all too often it indicated that a ship had been sunk.

'You do your worst, and we will do our best.' - Churchill voicing the response that Londoners would like to give to Hi**...
23/09/2022

'You do your worst, and we will do our best.' - Churchill voicing the response that Londoners would like to give to Hi**er, 14 July 1941.

In this photograph, almost 4 years later to the day, Churchill sits on one of the damaged chairs from Hi**er's bunker in Berlin following Germany's surrender, 16 July 1945.

© IWM BU 8961

As Senior Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet, Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Hollis was privy to all kinds of top sec...
21/09/2022

As Senior Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet, Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Hollis was privy to all kinds of top secret information. Keeping it secret could be difficult and frustrating, as he explains in this extract from his memoirs:

'Outside the office, one was reluctant to talk about the war to anyone, however prominent or well-known. I remember travelling to my home in Sussex to see for a few hours my wife when she was ill.

In the train there was one other civilian gentleman in the compartment. I was in uniform and the civilian started a conversation about the course of the war. His questions were very much to the point and I knew most of the answers, but in every case I pleaded complete ignorance.

As I got off the train he have me a withering look of contempt, as much to say: "No wonder we are doing so badly when such flannelled fools are allowed to hold the King's Commission!"'

© IWM HU 103536

Don't miss out on the historic adventure Operation Black Door. 22, 23 and 24 September 2022. Pre-booking is essential. B...
21/09/2022

Don't miss out on the historic adventure Operation Black Door. 22, 23 and 24 September 2022. Pre-booking is essential. Book your tickets here: https://bit.ly/3qPSEBZ

A genuine Second World War bunker where history was made, Churchill War Rooms will be your stage for an evening of mystery solving, code-cracking and drama.

Will you play your part?

In September 1944, Winston Churchill visited Canada for the Second Quebec Conference, where among other topics, British ...
20/09/2022

In September 1944, Winston Churchill visited Canada for the Second Quebec Conference, where among other topics, British and American governments were to consider strategic plans for Germany's final defeat.

In this photo, the Prime Minister greets President Roosevelt in the sunshine at a small station at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec. Both arriving by separate special trains, Roosevelt has been waiting in his open-topped car for Churchill to arrive.

© IWM H 40057

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Nearest tube station Westminster (Jubilee, District or Circle Line) or St James's Park (District and Circle Line) Nearest train station Charing Cross By bus 3, 11, 12, 24, 53, 87, 88, 109, 148, 159, 184, 211.

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2 & 3. Churchill War Rooms
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All SAHT D-Day and Overlord groups visit the underground Churchill War Rooms in London. Here you'll see a mix of high-tech touch screens and interactive displays followed by a maze of living and work spaces used by Churchill and his staff. -DayTour
During the Second World War, basement rooms in a government building in Whitehall served as the centre of Britain’s war effort. The complex, known then as the Cabinet War Rooms, was occupied by leading government ministers, military strategists and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. We are so proud of the new models we have worked with IWM Churchill War Rooms to produce for their newest exhibit which tells this complex story in a very accessible way.

In Room 59, the visitors can now explore the threats the site and its staff faced, and how the site was reinforced through two stunning models designed developed, built and installed by our talented model makers. The Bombing Map of Westminster is a thee-dimensional, tactile map of the Westminster area, demonstrating bomb damage sites, with the Churchill War Rooms located near the centre. Our model makers worked closely with our solid surface experts to create this beautiful tactile model.

The relief wall mounted model is 3.5m in width and is constructed from hand-cut white acrylic with architectural detail CNC’d in relief to demonstrate the beauty of the building’s façade. A cut-through into the basement allows the visitor to see the construction details added to stabilize the building; layers of concrete, steel beams and wooden posts. We also made a glowing cigar for their existing model of Sir Winston Churchill’
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📰 Week in Review - 31 October

🏫 Listening to our next generation at The Aldgate School
🪖 Taking a step into history at the Churchill War Rooms
🚲 Have your say on Park Lane cycle lane
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During the Second World War, basement rooms in a government building in Whitehall served as the centre of Britain’s war effort. The complex, known then as the Cabinet War Rooms, was occupied by leading government ministers, military strategists and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. We are so proud of the new models we have worked with IWM Churchill War Rooms to produce for their newest exhibit which tells this complex story in a very accessible way.

In Room 59, the visitors can now explore the threats the site and its staff faced, and how the site was reinforced through two stunning models designed developed, built and installed by our talented model makers. The Bombing Map of Westminster is a thee-dimensional, tactile map of the Westminster area, demonstrating bomb damage sites, with the Churchill War Rooms located near the centre. Our model makers worked closely with our solid surface experts to create this beautiful tactile model.

The relief wall mounted model is 3.5m in width and is constructed from hand-cut white acrylic with architectural detail CNC’d in relief to demonstrate the beauty of the building’s façade. A cut-through into the basement allows the visitor to see the construction details added to stabilize the building; layers of concrete, steel beams and wooden posts. We also made a glowing cigar for their existing model of Sir Winston Churchill’
I was invited by the Churchill War Rooms to attend their Operation Black Door event which I found fascinating.

I was given a mission to go back over history and find the answers to key diplomatic questions and issues.

I’ve written about it on my blog so if you’re interested here’s the link

https://modernlivingvintageloving.com/2022/09/27/operation-black-door-churchill-war-rooms/
🇬🇧🇨🇭 ““All of a sudden, he turned to me and said point-blank: ‘I like your country very much.” […] These sentiments were echoed in notes written to [Swiss Foreign Minister Max] Petitpierre by Jacques-Albert Cuttat, chief of protocol in Bern who was closely involved in Churchill’s visit.” (Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/diplomatic-cables_when-churchill-mixed-swiss-business-and-pleasure/41229268)

...🇬🇧 Did you know? Working, painting until late 🎨, swimming in the gorgeous Swiss lakes (with Lake Geneva being his most favoured option 🌊, as Swissinfo suggests in their article above), dining, and playing cards – these were all activities Winston Churchill engaged in during his stay in Switzerland 🇨🇭.

In particular, during his two-day stay in Bern, Churchill enjoyed a scrumptious lunch in Allmendingen Castle, offered by the Swiss Federal Council, and attended an evening reception (Source: The Swiss Observer, 27/09/1946).

Looking back and reflecting upon Churchill’s visit to Switzerland, which underscored the strong relations between the UK and Switzerland, invites us to look toward the future, toward continuing to enhance UK-Swiss bilateral relations, as laid out by the Joint Statement on enhancing bilateral relations between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Swiss Confederation (Read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-statement-on-enhancing-bilateral-relations-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-the-swiss-confederation) 🇨🇭🇬🇧

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