Imperial War Museum North
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Imperial War Museum North is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. It is the first branch of the Imperial War Museum to be located in the north of England. The museum occupies a site overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal on Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, an area which during the Second World War was a key industrial centre and consequently heavily bombed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940. The area is now home to the Lowry cultural centre and the MediaCityUK development, which stand opposite the museum at Salford Quays.
The entrance
View from the museum's air shard viewing platform; The Lowry opposite the museum in Salford, across the Manchester Ship Canal.
The entrance to Imperial War Museum North, at the base of the air shard tower.
Daniel Libeskind
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Daniel Libeskind is a Polish-American architect, artist, professor and set designer. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect.
Felix Nussbaum Haus (1998), Osnabrück, Germany
Libeskind's addition to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto (2007)
Libeskind's building for the London Metropolitan University has been the subject of criticism.