Imperial War Museum North

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branch museum tourist attraction war museum

Imperial War Museum North is a branch of the Imperial War Museums in Salford, England, known for its striking Daniel Libeskind-designed building and exhibitions on the impact of modern conflict on people and society.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
IWM North 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
war museum ⓘ
architect Peter Eisenman ⓘ
surface form: Daniel Libeskind
architecturalStyle Deconstructivism ⓘ
buildingType museum building ⓘ
category military and war museum in England ⓘ
museum in Greater Manchester ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1999 ⓘ
coordinates 53.469°N 2.298°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
designConcept shattered globe ⓘ
exhibitionType permanent exhibitions ⓘ
temporary exhibitions ⓘ
floorArea approximately 8,000 square metres ⓘ
focusesOn Cold War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War

impact of modern conflict on people and society ⓘ
recent conflicts ⓘ
fundingSource European Regional Development Fund ⓘ
National Lottery ⓘ
private donations ⓘ
hasComponent Air Shard ⓘ
Earth Shard ⓘ
Earth Shard ⓘ
surface form: Water Shard
hasFeature Main Exhibition Space ⓘ
large-scale immersive audio-visual shows ⓘ
special exhibitions gallery ⓘ
viewing platform in Air Shard ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Greater Manchester ⓘ
Salford ⓘ
locatedOn Manchester Ship Canal ⓘ
The Quays ⓘ
name Imperial War Museum North self-link ⓘ
nearby MediaCityUK ⓘ
Old Trafford ⓘ
surface form: Old Trafford football stadium
openingDate 2002 ⓘ
5 July 2002 ⓘ
operatedBy Imperial War Museums ⓘ
ownedBy Imperial War Museums ⓘ
parentOrganization Imperial War Museums ⓘ
partOf Imperial War Museums ⓘ
shortName Imperial War Museum North self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IWM North
subjectArea military history ⓘ
modern conflict ⓘ
social history of war ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earth Shard → exhibitedAt → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
The Quays → hasAttraction → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Salford → hasLandmark → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Harbour City tram stop → hasNearbyAttraction → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
MediaCityUK tram stop → hasNearbyLandmark → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Imperial War Museums → hasPart → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
this entity surface form: IWM North
Air Shard → locatedIn → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Earth Shard → location → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Imperial War Museum North → name → Imperial War Museum North self-link ⓘ
The Lowry → near → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Salford Quays tram stop → nearby → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Air Shard → partOf → Imperial War Museum North ⓘ
Imperial War Museum North → shortName → Imperial War Museum North self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IWM North