Imperial War Museums

The Imperial War Museums reopened on Saturday, to mark the centenary of the World War One, after completing the first phase of its plan. We had to wait six months but the £40 million project, designed by the architects Foster and Partners, is concluded. 

Prince William and David Cameron officially opened the IWM and the new "First World War Galleries" last Thursday.

IWM, formerly called the National War Museum, was founded on the 5th of March, 1917, and the museum was opened in the Crystal Palace by King George V, Prince William great-great grandfather, on the 9th of June, 1920. The Duke of York, later known as King George VI, reopened the IMW on Lambeth Road, its present location.

Keep Calm and Carry on

The Second World War officially started with the German invasion of Poland on the 1st of September, 1939. Two days later, United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany.

It was an uncertain year and the population lived under the threat of impending invasion. To maintain the morale, the British government designed, from the 27th of June to the 6th of July, three posters with a very simply style. The symbolic crown of King George VI, an effective font and a powerful slogan. 

Two of them were produced by His Majesty’s Stationery Office and posted in shop windows, public transport and notice boards across all Britain.