Imperial War Museum
expand both its collections and its terms of reference, but the
post-war period saw the museum enter a period of decline.
· The 1960s saw the museum redevelop its
Southwark building, now referred to as Imperial War
Museum London, and which serves as the
organisation's corporate headquarters.
· During the 1970s the museum began to expand onto
other sites.
· The first, in 1976, was a historic airfield in
Cambridgeshire now referred to as Imperial War
Museum Duxford
· In 1978 the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Belfast became a
branch of the museum, having previously been
preserved for the nation by a private trust.
· In 1984 the Cabinet War Rooms, an underground
wartime command centre, was opened to the public.
· From the 1980s onwards the museum's Bethlem
building underwent a series of multimillion-pound
redevelopments, completed in 2000.
· Finally, 2002 saw the opening of Imperial War Museum
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