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IWM NORTH<br />
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Since opening on 5 July 2002, IWM North has welcomed over 4 million visitors. It is the fifth branch of the national Imperial<br />
War Museums and the first outside SE England. IWM North tackles themes of war and conflict in innovative ways, using the<br />
sound, photography and film archives of IWM to great effect.<br />
It was the first building in the UK to be designed by Daniel Libeskind, the internationally renowned architect<br />
of the Jewish Museum, Berlin, and the masterplan for Ground Zero, New York. The Museum’s three<br />
interlocking shards are fragments of a shattered globe that signify conflict on land, water and in the air.<br />
IWM North is also a museum for the people of Manchester. The site that IWM North stands on<br />
today is where the Hovis Grain Silos once stood before they were bombed and burnt<br />
down in the Manchester Blitz during the Second World War. Objects unique to<br />
Manchester, such as a Manchester Blitz Fire Fighting Trailer Pump, are on<br />
display. The Big Picture Show “Mightier Than War” combines the<br />
powerful poetry of Mancunian Tony Walsh with poignant<br />
imagery from our collection.<br />
FACTS<br />
Address: IWM North, The Quays, Trafford<br />
Wharf Road, Manchester M17 1TZ<br />
Opening times: 10am – 5pm. Open daily<br />
from Monday 5 July – Sunday 5 <strong>September</strong>.<br />
From 6 <strong>September</strong> IWM North will be closed<br />
on Mondays and Tuesdays.<br />
www.iwm.org.uk<br />
www.facebook.com/iwm.north<br />
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