IWM North

We're delighted to welcome @BBCR1's @JamieLaing_UK as he completes his Ultra Marathon Man challenge for @comicrelief later today, completing five ultra marathons in five days.

Jamie will cross the 150-mile finish line at IWM North to a performance by @RockChoir!

We’re recruiting for volunteers at Imperial War Museum North!

Help tell the stories of lives changed by war and conflict.

Join us for a Volunteer Open Morning on Thursday 27th February 10am-1pm. Find out more: bit.ly/41r2n52

Chila Welcomes You opens today at IWM North!

Step in to the vivid imagination of Chila Kumari Singh Burman in this major new art comission at IWM North.

30 January 2025 to 31 August 2025. Free entry. #ChilaWelcomesYou

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It's not long until Chila Welcomes You opens tomorrow at IWM North!

If you missed Chila Kumari Singh Burman talk about the exciting new exhibition on last night's @BBCFrontRow, you can listen in now on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/4hBc71O

#ChilaWelcomesYou

Man on Fire, displayed outside IWM North, has won the @PSSAtweets Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture!

We’re recruiting at IWM North!

Join our volunteer crew - no experience is necessary, full training is provided, with short and longer term commitments available both for onsite and online for those aged 18 and over.

Apply before 30 September 2024: bit.ly/4dQGfol

A Belgian paratrooper does 'flying angel' jumps over a wooden horse as part of his 'limbering up exercises during parachute training at Ringway, near Manchester, 1942.

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This weekend, IWM North will be taking part in the We Invented The Weekend festival at MediaCity and Salford Quays, 15-16 June.

Watch out for our pop up shop on the festival site and learn more about the event and what's on here: bit.ly/3pZ14qf

Life in wartime Durham - a series of photos show life around Durham during the Second World War.

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Royal Welch Fusiliers assist in clearing bomb damage in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 7 May 1941.

Everyone in Britain was affected in some way by the war. See more photos of life on the home front: bit.ly/3TF90gd

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A soldier examines an IRA mortar which has been rigged in the shovel of an earthmover. The home made weapon was abandoned after the IRA had attempted to attack the British Army base at Bessbrook in the late 1980s.

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The story of Northern Ireland is complicated. Whilst the origins of the Troubles can be traced back hundreds of years, the Battle of the Bogside in August 1969 is often considered the start of the 30 year conflict.

Learn more and watch in full: bit.ly/3AtWMN7

Here, paratroops parade outside a hangar at No 1 Parachute Training School, October 1942, Ringway, Manchester.

This is one of many colour film photographs in our collection. See more here: bit.ly/3q1ZjfE

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Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles opens today at IWM North!

Explore the Troubles through four key sections, hearing from people with a range of differing perspectives and encountering objects that illuminate their experiences.

Find out more: bit.ly/3uAwmt8

Commissioned at the height of the Second World War, LS Lowry's 'Going to Work' depicts a crowd of matchstick workers flowing in to Manchester's Mather & Platt engineering works.

Learn more about the piece: bit.ly/3wRKcII

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Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles opens at IWM North this week!

Explore the Troubles, hear from people with a range of differing perspectives and encounter objects that illuminate their experiences.

Opens Friday 22 March 2024: bit.ly/3uAwmt8

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Join us for a Relaxed Early Opening of IWM North for families and individuals who require a quieter and calmer environment to experience our museum.

17 February 2024, 8am - 10am.

Find out more and book your free advanced ticket: bit.ly/481TRti

Merry Christmas from IWM North!

This Christmas promotional poster issued by the Scottish War Savings Committee during the First World War encouraged people to participate in a public saving scheme to aid the war effort.

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This brass tin box containing cigarettes, tobacco and a Christmas card was sent as part of the Princess Mary Gift Fund founded in 1914, following her wish that every soldier and sailor should receive a Christmas present that year.

© IWM EPH 2026 on display at IWM North

Join us tomorrow for #MuseumShopSunday and meet children's author Tom Palmer who will be signing copies of his wartime novels and discussing his new work, Football's Greatest Moments.

11am-3pm, Sunday 26 November. Free for visitors.

Find out more: bit.ly/47hoTOi