The Imperial War Museum was founded in 1917 so we would never forget the horrors of modern war, but it is unsure how to remember Britain’s modern history. Britain is no longer imperial. The mass ...

London is considered one of the best cities in the world for free-to-enter museums, which is a joy for those pursuing knowledge, looking for creative inspiration or simply seeking a fun day out. The ...

Photograph taken by photojournalist Tim Hetherington during the Libyan Revolution in Misrata, Libya, scanned from negatives at Imperial War Museum. Dean Moore Tim Hetherington was not a war ...

Few historic sites are as well-preserved as London’s Churchill War Rooms, which have benefited from their location in a fortified basement that housed a British government command center throughout ...

Mitchell Reiss, the former president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, was recently appointed the chairman of the British Imperial War Museums Foundation. He is following in the post ...

Since it was founded in 1917, London's Imperial War Museum has quietly built up a vast collection of art created in response to conflict, said Simon Heffer in The Daily Telegraph. Its holdings include ...

From Ian Fleming to John le Carré and beyond, spying and deception have provided endlessly fertile ground for writers of fiction, said Matt Withers in The New European. The "real world of espionage", ...

The British Museum, established in 1759, welcomes 6 million patrons each year. At its founding, the collections included mostly books, manuscripts and natural specimens. Today, the museum is home to 8 ...