The Their Past Your Future programme (TPYF) at the Imperial War Museum (2004-2010) has now closed. This website is an archive of the project’s website serving as a record of activities throughout its lifetime, and will not be updated beyond January 2010. If you have any questions regarding the TPYF programme please contact the Imperial War Museum through info@iwm.org.uk quoting "Their Past You Future" in the subject heading.

To access the new TPYF/IWM website for teachers, featuring a range of exciting teaching ideas, resources and source material to explore the impact of conflict from the First World War to today, please go to www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk.

Online Exhibitions
 

Welcome to the Their Past Your Future Online Exhibitions area. Here you will find a range of exciting and interactive exhibitions, helping you to explore the impact on people and places of twentieth century conflict.

All of the exhibitions featured in this section have been created using the collections of the Imperial War Museum, and have been designed for learners of all ages to enjoy. Ideal for use as a classroom resource, these exhibitions offer something for everyone who is interested in learning more about how twentieth century conflicts continue to impact on the world in which we live.

 
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Through My Eyes

Explore the ways in which a range of 20th century conflicts have forced people to rethink or reaffirm their own sense of identity and belonging. Personal and national identities, migration, citizenship and diversity are all explored through a series of moving personal stories, all asking the question, who do we think we are?
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One In Five

1 in 5 people alive today lived through the Second World War. Although the war ended over 60 years ago, it lives on in people’s memories and family histories, in the UK’s rebuilt city centres and ‘new towns’, and in our education, social and health services. Through a mixture of personal stories, reminiscences and previously unseen archive images, objects and film footage, this award-winning online exhibition explores how the war changed the people and the landscape of the UK forever.
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The Somme Online

The Somme - the longest, biggest and most costly land battle in British history - still haunts our collective memory of the First World War.  The unsurpassed collections of the Imperial War Museum, brought together in this online exhibition, provide a unique resource for anyone wanting to explore this important event in more depth.
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The Falklands Conflict

This special exhibition was created to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict in 2007, the only invasion of a British territory since the Second World War. Explore the conflict through the first-hand accounts and personal artefacts of those involved, from civilian eyewitnesses, to those closely involved in the fighting.
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What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath explores the British Experience of the Cold War. Engaging personal stories help you to discover what life was like for ordinary men and women in Britain who lived their lives caught in the middle of the sometimes terrifying conflict and tension between East and West. Click below to visit What Lies Beneath. 
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