Preserving the past, inspiring the future
The Imperial War Museums bring together a collection of world-renowned heritage venues, each set in an iconic location in the UK. Each museum holds unique historical and cultural significance, honouring the past while helping to preserve powerful stories for generations to come.
From the moment you set foot in our IWM Duxford venue, a place with a role in some of the most significant periods of the 20th century, you and your guests will feel part of something bigger. You'll see iconic aircraft and discover stories that shaped the world we live in today.
Honouring stories of the past
If you and your guests value supporting a meaningful cause, IWM Duxford is the ideal venue for your next event. By choosing us, you're not just selecting a unique venue, you are playing a key role in supporting our mission to educate and preserve history for future generations.
Your choice helps us protect and maintain artefacts of immense historical value, from World War II to technological advances made during the Cold War. This includes a B-52 Stratofortress, a Lancaster bomber and the legendary Concorde.
Key initiatives
Each event supports IWM's work to educate and preserve history for future generations:
- Collections Care & Development - Preserving and championing our collections.
- Research - Engaging with the academic community to deepen the understanding of war and its impact and to enrich our public outputs.
- Partnerships - Working with organisations at all levels to support the cultural sector, reach new audiences and develop our collections to ensure they are shared with the world.
- Learning & Outreach - Giving everyone the opportunity to understand, explore and debate the human impact of conflict.
Our legacy initiatives
IWM is a charity, and any commercial activity helps us continue to tell stories that made our history and inform our future. Here are some of our fantastic legacy initiatives:
- IWM is one of the venues available to visit through Hyundai's new ground-breaking programme, The Great British School Trip. This programme offers a selection of free school trips and travel bursaries to reduce school costs, helping 25,000 young people access inspirational school trips.
- The IWM Institute is an independent Research Organisation that collaborates with leading universities, hosts public programmes of talks, performances, and podcasts, and works with a global network of experts to provide access to WM's world-class collections and research themes.
- IWM cares for over 55,000 three-dimensional objects as part of our collections. We want our collections to continue to engage, challenge and remain relevant to our audiences, and we need to safeguard it for future generations.
Chat to our team
Looking to host your next special event at IWM Duxford? Our dedicated events team is on hand to answer any questions you may have.