Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum, currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. Its headquarters are in London, with five branches in England.
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM–6:00 PM
    December 24th–26: closed
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: military museum in London
  • Also known as: “Bethlem Royal Hospital”, “Birodalmi Háborús Múzeum”, “Birodalmi Hadi Múzeum”, “Imperial War Museum London”, “Imperiální muzeum války”, “IWM London”, and “yr Amgueddfa Ryfel Ymrerodrol”
  • Address: Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park and Big Ben.

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is the nickname for the Great Bell of the… is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Imperial War Museum.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include St George’s Circus and Lambeth.

Locality
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St George's Circus is a road junction in , London, England.

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is an area of , England, in the .

Imperial War Museum

Latitude
51.4958° or 51° 29′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.10859° or 0° 6′ 31″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9C3XFVWR+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8614496
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
12382199
Wiki­data ID
Q749808
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Imperial War Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الحرب الإمبراطوري في لندن”
  • Arabic: “متحف الحرب الإمبراطوري”
  • Armenian: “Կայսերական ռազմական թանգարան”
  • Asturian: “Muséu Imperial de la Guerra”
  • Basque: “Gerra Museo Inperiala”
  • Catalan: “Museu Imperial de la Guerra”
  • Chinese: “帝国军事博物馆”
  • Chinese: “帝国战争博物馆”
  • Croatian: “Carski ratni muzej”
  • Czech: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Czech: “Imperiální válečné muzeum”
  • Danish: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Dutch: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Imperia Milita Muzeo”
  • Finnish: “Imperial War Museum”
  • French: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Galician: “Museo Imperial da Guerra”
  • Georgian: “საიმპერიო ომის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Greek: “Αυτοκρατορικό Πολεμικό Μουσείο (Λονδίνο)”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון המלחמה האימפריאלי”
  • Hungarian: “Birodalmi Hadtörténeti Múzeum”
  • Indonesian: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Italian: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Japanese: “帝国戦争博物館”
  • Korean: “임페리얼 전쟁 박물관”
  • Latvian: “Impērijas kara muzejs”
  • Lithuanian: “Imperinio karo muziejus”
  • Macedonian: “Империјален воен музеј”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Imperial War Museums”
  • Persian: “موزه سلطنتی جنگ”
  • Polish: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Imperial da Guerra”
  • Romanian: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Russian: “Имперский военный музей”
  • Serbian: “Империјални ратни музеј”
  • Slovak: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Spanish: “Museo Imperial de la Guerra”
  • Swedish: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Turkish: “İmparatorluk Savaş Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Імперський військовий музей”
  • Ukrainian: “Імперський воєнний музей”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Chiến tranh Đế quốc”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Ryfel Ymerodrol Llundain”
  • Western Frisian: “Imperial War Museum”
  • “Imperial War Museum London”

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