Press Desk - IWM North

Welcome to the press information section.

This area is principally devoted to the service of journalists.
You can find all the latest media releases here. For images of the Museum, special exhibitions and events please contact:-

Alex Knight, Press & PR Manager
email aknight@iwm.org.uk
tel +44 (0)161 836 4040

Sam Howard, Marketing and PR Assistant
email sahoward@iwm.org.uk
tel +44 (0)161 836 4043

Press Releases

Marines - Portraits by Alastair Thain
The multi-award winning Imperial War Museum North in Manchester presents the Museum’s first display in its external spaces. Alastair Thain’s Marines – 6 photographic portraits of young marines in some distress following a tough training run.

Imperial War Museum North named Manchester's Large Visitor Attraction of the Year and celebrates as new exhibition opens
Imperial War Museum North has won “Large Visitor Attraction of the Year” at the Manchester Tourism Awards.

Captured: The Extraordinary Life of Prisoners of War
In the year which sees the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War, Imperial War Museum North in Manchester presents the first major exhibition ever held by the Imperial War Museum dedicated to the experiences of prisoners of war (POWs) during the conflict.

365 - Ghislaine Howard
Imperial War Museum North presents an intimate but powerful display of a year’s worth of daily paintings by the critically acclaimed Derbyshire artist and 2008 Woman of the Year, Ghislaine Howard

About IWM North

For further details and images please contact:

Alex Knight Press & PR Manager
email aknight@iwm.org.uk
tel +44 (0)161 836 4040

Imperial War Museum North, which opened to visitors on 5 July 2002, has fast become one of the most popular visitor attractions in the North West, already receiving over 1, 800,000 visitors. It is on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Trafford, in a spectacular award-winning building designed by the internationally renowned architect, Daniel Libeskind.

The Museum tells the story of how war has affected the lives of British and Commonwealth citizens since 1914. It is the 5th branch of the Imperial War Museum and the first outside the South East of England. Recently named one of the top 10 buildings of the last century (The Rough Guide to England, 2008) and one of the top 3 Large Visitor Attractions in England (Silver Award at VisitBritain's Excellence in England Awards 2007).

The Museum is open 7 days a week from 10am-6pm (Nov to Feb 10am-5pm) with free admission. It is situated at The Quays on Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Manchester close to Harbour City Metrolink and Junction 9 of the M60.