Imperial War Museum

So a few weeks ago, I visited the Imperial War Museum, the one that's situated

in Manchester, and the first thing that I noticed once I got off the coach

is the enormous, beautiful building that was in front of me. So because I really liked it,

I went on to research more about it.

When I researched about this building I found that the building was built in 1997 and was finished in 2002, so that's when they opened the museum for the public to visit. The design was called Studio Libeskind Architects and the architect who designed is called Daniel Libeskind, of which I will do a research of him later on. The architectural style of this building is ''Deconstructivisim''; this style is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is influenced by the theory of "Deconstruction", which is a way of manipulating a structures's surface and making it look unusual. 

My Thoughts

Personally, I think that Daniel Libeskind did a great job with the building because personally I think that it goes with the concept of it being a war museum and so it matches with its purpose. Also, I love the way the museum on the inside has two floors, of which the one on the upper floor gives you a great overview of the outside of the building.

Another thing that I admire is the way the building is situated next to the ship canal; this gives me a thought of why the building was placed there, maybe because Daniel wanted it to look like a war ship on the sea, of which I think it is fantastic. 

In matters of research of war events and clothes etc, I think that this museum is the one that actually provides every little detail of what it is exhibiting, the reason why I am saying this is because every thing that I saw in the building had information and also games that could be played in groups to give that experience of the past wars. So in my own opinion it provides a very good amount of information compared to the other museums and galleries that I've visited like Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Finally, there is nothing that I would improve as an overall,the design, the information, the pictures, the videos that are shown in the museum are all on point!

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum_North

               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstructivism

               http://www.e-architect.co.uk/manchester/imperial-war-museum

               http://www.google.com/images (for pictures of building)