Become a member and help IWM protect our world-leading collections and historically important sites for generations to come. As a thank you, enjoy a host of benefits including free entry to HMS Belfast, IWM Duxford, Churchill War Rooms – plus much more.
Our members receive
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Members’ Welcome Pack and Welcome Event
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Free entry to our charging sites: IWM Duxford, Churchill War Rooms and HMS Belfast
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10% discount on Duxford Air Show tickets and access to members area. Free entry to Duxford Flying Days.
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10% discount in IWM shop (online and in branch)
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Priority booking on selected events
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Regular members’ eNews and updates
Access to the members area at Air shows is subject to availability.
Certain products are excluded from the 10% shop discount.
For more information on benefits review our membership FAQs and membership terms and conditions.
Choose your membership
Already a member?
To book your membership tickets just add your 14-digit member number and surname to the ‘Book Member Tickets’ button on the left of the ticketing pages. Book tickets.
What our members say
Your membership helps IWM protect over 33.5 million items in our collection, funds our schools programme, and helps deliver ground-breaking exhibitions. Hear from our members about what they value about their connection to our historic sites and collections below.
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Membership represents excellent value for money, and helps with the preservation of important historical artefacts, I wish I’d joined years ago.
- Joint adult member
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The value is beyond the visits to the locations. The newsletters, the YouTube channel all add up to a super experience.
- Family member
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Being a member enables me to support the vital work of the IWM. Remembering the sacrifices of those who've gone before is important. Understanding the futility of war is even more important if we're not to repeat the mistakes of the past. The IWM venues across the country enable the youth of today to truly understand the value of peace.
- Family member
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Before visiting the IWM [branches] I used to think it would glorify war and war machinery but I realise now it tells difficult human stories of conflict, coping and endurance.
- Adult member
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I love IWM, I think it’s really important to keep the stories of those impacted by war alive as we move through time. I want my young children to have access to these museums in future as World War One and World War Two will be even further down history for them.
- Family member
Enjoy great days out
Make the most of free entry to our paid sites:
Get up close to over a century of aviation at IWM Duxford. Walk through the same hangars and buildings as those who served at RAF Duxford, and see aircraft take to the skies from the airfield where Spitfires first flew.
Explore all nine decks of the iconic HMS Belfast, the most significant surviving Second World War Royal Navy warship. Discover personal stories of those who served on board and enjoy new interactive and immersive experiences deep under the Thames waterline.
Walk the top-secret corridors of Churchill War Rooms, the underground nerve centre where Britain’s leaders directed the Second World War. Find out about Churchill's remarkable 90-year life and leadership, from his lonely childhood to his military career, two periods as Prime Minister and beyond in the interactive Churchill Museum.
Stories that deserve to be heard
Bernie Bristoll served on HMS Belfast as a Radio Operator and volunteered regularly on board for many years, bringing the history of the ship to life by sharing his stories with visitors.
Volunteers make an essential contribution to IWM's work - and the support of our members helps ensure we can continue to tell these important stories for generations to come.
Other ways to support
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Give a gift membership
You can purchase all membership types as a gift. Support IWM and treat the history lover in your life with our gift membership options.
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IWM family membership
There's plenty for families to explore and discover across IWM branches. With IWM family membership, you'll get unlimited free entry to all of our charging sites and a range of other benefits.
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© IWM D 23296Make a donation
Make a donation to IWM and help us to tell the stories of those affected by conflict, launch our ground-breaking exhibitions and deliver our world-class learning programmes.
Further information
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Get in Touch
By email: [email protected]
By telephone: +44(0)207 091 3000
Calls are answered Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, standard call charges apply
We receive a high number of enquiries but will get back to you as quickly as we can.
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