10.02.05
The new London museum dedicated to the life and work of Sir Winston Churchill is to be opened by the Queen.
The £6 million hi-tech museum has been built in the underground Cabinet War Rooms, where the British Prime Minister directed British forces during WW2.
Churchill was recently voted in a poll as the greatest Briton of all time and the museum, which opens to the public tomorrow (11.02.05), is expected to be one of London's biggest tourist attractions.
Like many modern museums, the new Churchill Museum combines technology with historical objects photographs, film and sound recordings, to convey the story of Churchill's 90-year life.
Churchill's grandson, Winston Spencer Churchill, said his grandfather would have welcomed the opening of the museum.
'He would have been absolutely delighted to know that 40 years after his death and 60 years on from the end of the Second World War, he is still not only remembered but honoured by his countrymen.'
Winston Churchill was the Queen's first prime minister, when he returned to office for a second term in 1951. Among those accompanying the Queen to the opening of the museum will be Churchill's daughter, Lady Soames, his grandson and his wartime personal secretary, Mrs. Elizabeth Nel.
Museum director Phil Reed said: 'Churchill was an icon whose fame and significance still transcends class and generations. The young Queen Elizabeth II was present at Churchill's state funeral - the first for a commoner for over 100 years - and so it is a particularly poignant and historic gesture that she should open his museum.'
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