Date of Visit: 30 August 2011
The Imperial War Museum is a very insightful place. And even better, it's completely free! As you might have guessed it, it houses everything there is about the 2 world wars. It also has some collections on other post WWII wars too.
The Imperial War Museum is a very insightful place. And even better, it's completely free! As you might have guessed it, it houses everything there is about the 2 world wars. It also has some collections on other post WWII wars too.
This is the entrance of the museum. At the front is an imposing huge naval gun, which just sets the tone for what you will see insight: Bang!
This is the replica of a shell for the naval gun at the entrance of the museum. It is rather big.
The museum has 4 levels and a basement. When we first walked into the museum, our eyes are feasted with all the war machines from WWI and WWII. Tanks, rockets, shells, planes, submarines, cannons, etc. Here are some of the interesting/famous ones:
(Left: First generation tank | Right: The M4 Sherman Tank)
(The German V2 rocket. It is very, very big, about 2-3 stories high)
(The largest shell in the world. Built for the German Railgun)
(The Atomic Bomb Shell)
(A Polaris Rocket Launcher)
(Aviation Galore! Supermarine Spitfire, P51-Mustang, HEI62 Jetfighter(First jetfighter ever built), HE162, FW190)
All the pictures above were taken from the main exhibit on the ground floor only. The entire basement is dedicated to WWI and WWII. They even have a fake trench built to give us the "trench experience".
There is also a section on the secret war fought by the British, namely the MI5 and MI6. The espionage war. There is also some exhibition on the secret operations conducted by the Special Air Services ("SAS"). All cool stuffs!
Lastly, there is an entire level dedicated to the holocaust. It is a very sad and depressing place. The Nazi's atrocities are horrendous. I'm not sure how Hitler managed to convince everyone to do those things to the Jews. How could any human being be so cruel to another human being? They were being worst than animals and being slaughtered like no one's business. It's just horrible.
Anyway, back to the museum itself, if you are deciding to visit, you can plan to spend an entire day here. There're so many interesting things to see! If only we have something like this in Singapore, it'll make history lessons interesting for sure.
This is the replica of a shell for the naval gun at the entrance of the museum. It is rather big.
The museum has 4 levels and a basement. When we first walked into the museum, our eyes are feasted with all the war machines from WWI and WWII. Tanks, rockets, shells, planes, submarines, cannons, etc. Here are some of the interesting/famous ones:
(Left: First generation tank | Right: The M4 Sherman Tank)
(The German V2 rocket. It is very, very big, about 2-3 stories high)
(The largest shell in the world. Built for the German Railgun)
(The Atomic Bomb Shell)
(A Polaris Rocket Launcher)
(Aviation Galore! Supermarine Spitfire, P51-Mustang, HEI62 Jetfighter(First jetfighter ever built), HE162, FW190)
All the pictures above were taken from the main exhibit on the ground floor only. The entire basement is dedicated to WWI and WWII. They even have a fake trench built to give us the "trench experience".
There is also a section on the secret war fought by the British, namely the MI5 and MI6. The espionage war. There is also some exhibition on the secret operations conducted by the Special Air Services ("SAS"). All cool stuffs!
Lastly, there is an entire level dedicated to the holocaust. It is a very sad and depressing place. The Nazi's atrocities are horrendous. I'm not sure how Hitler managed to convince everyone to do those things to the Jews. How could any human being be so cruel to another human being? They were being worst than animals and being slaughtered like no one's business. It's just horrible.
Anyway, back to the museum itself, if you are deciding to visit, you can plan to spend an entire day here. There're so many interesting things to see! If only we have something like this in Singapore, it'll make history lessons interesting for sure.
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