England
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London Borough of Southwark

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”, “Imperial War Museum London”, and “IWM London”
  • Address: Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park and London Eye.

Park
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is a public park in , . Maintained by the , it is bounded by Lambeth Road, Kennington Road, St George's Road and Brook Drive.

Ferris wheel
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The , originally the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the of the in London. It is the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom with over three million visitors annually. is situated 3,700 feet northwest of Imperial War Museum.

Photo: Diliff, CC BY 2.5.
is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the in London, England. is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Imperial War Museum.

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. At its centre, which is now a traffic roundabout, is an historic obelisk, designed by Robert Mylne, in his role as surveyor and architect of .

Suburb
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is a district in , England, which today also gives its name to the . itself was an ancient parish in the county of .

Suburb
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is an area of , England, in the . The name also informally refers to much of and , due to the proximity of 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)
Open location code
9C3XFVWR+8H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8614496
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hospital
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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: “IWM London”
  • 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 muzeum války”
  • 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 Háborús Múzeum”
  • Hungarian: “Birodalmi Hadi Múzeum”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Imperial War Museums”
  • 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”
  • Slovak: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Spanish: “Imperial War Museum”
  • Spanish: “Imperial War Museums”
  • 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”
  • Welsh: “yr Amgueddfa Ryfel Ymrerodrol”
  • Western Frisian: “Imperial War Museum”
  • “Imperial War Museum London”

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