The Cabinet War Rooms have created the first national museum dedicated to Winston Churchill.  Using cutting edge technology and a mixture of media displays, the undeniably exciting story of this historical figure is brought to life.  Not only can visitors explore his 'finest hour' during the Second World War, but also investigate the private man, his successes and failures.

The Churchill Museum is divided into five chapters, spanning all ninety years of Churchill's life. To allow an easy transition from the historical context of the Cabinet War Rooms, the story begins on the 10 May 1940 with Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister. The visitor can then explore his later years, his childhood, his early political career and finally the period known most famously as the 'Gathering Storm'.

Most notable among the exhibits is the Lifeline, a fifteen metre-long interactive table, which dominates the Churchill Museum space. By using a simple touch-strip, visitors can access information from a computerised ‘filing cabinet’ of Churchill’s life, divided into years, months, weeks and even days. The Lifeline also refers to major national and world events in order to give a sense of the times in which Churchill lived.

Key dates on the Lifeline bring up rewards - a variety of animations and sounds - that can either be local to your workstation or take over the entire table. Armistice day triggers a carpet of poppies, which covers the whole table, and selecting the day Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight in 1961 sends a spacecraft zooming down the table.

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