IWM London’s permanent galleries connect war history with personal experiences. Use its visitor map to choose a period, rather than treating the atrium as the whole museum. General admission is free and does not require advance booking; separately ticketed events are different.
It beats the Maritime Museum because we favour that broader introduction to conflict over a sea-focused visit. Science ranks higher for invention-led discovery. History readers may reverse them. This means the London branch: Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast have different admission rules.
Sources: Visit · Highlights.
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