The Imperial War Museum North (Manchester)

The Imperial War Museum North is located in Manchester/Salford/Stretford (depending on where you're from!) and it is exactly what it says in the title, a war museum. On a waterfront setting, it's easily accessible by car both by travelling from the Manchester city centre or from the M60 ring-road. The museum is a few minutes away from Old Trafford football ground, which is difficult to miss so that's a useful guideline. It is clearly signposted around the area and it isn't difficult to find at all. For parking there is a large car-park on site. You have to pay to stay there but it's only a small charge and as you well see later, this is perfectly acceptable. ...  Read the complete review

Dreadful museum that's not worth the entry price. Admission, I should add, is free. The main problem is that there is nothing in it - which is a bit fundamental in a museum. Odd bits of uniforms, a Trabant car (why?), a 13pdr gun, a few small arms, some letters from POW's, soldiers and civilians which, I assume, are to show how terrible war is. Well I know how terrible war is. I want to learn something new and this museum fails miserably to teach you anything. Secondary to the museums failure is the building itself. It's by an award winning architect so you just know it's going to be bad. And it is. Dingy and ill lit with bare concrete and ...  Read the complete review

I went to the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester just to pass a couple of hours while we happened to be in Manchester as we were going to watch Manchester United vs. Aston Villa at Old Trafford (what a great match that was!) On the second floor there are all the various exhibitions are and there are two rooms one for the main exhibition and one for special exhibitions which are not always there. Every hour in the Main Exhibition there is the award winning Big Picture show which shows different parts of the War and there are 3 different shows which last between about 12-20 minutes. These shows are projected onto the walls and there are various ...  Read the complete review

Introduction I remember going to the Imperial War Museum in London when I was a child and having a great time, so when I discovered there was one here in the North, I decided to pay a visit. The Imperial War Museum North is housed in an obscure, but interesting, looking building and is basically made up of two floors: The ground floor is the entrance and includes the gift shop, a dining room (where you can eat your packed lunch, if you've brought one), a cloak room, learning studio and the elevator to the Air Shard (which is a 29 metre high viewing platform, from which you can see most of Manchester). The second floor is ...  Read the complete review