World Focus: Britain’s Imperial War Museums

World Focus: Britain’s imperial war museums

Mitchell Reiss, the former president and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, was recently appointed the chairman of the British Imperial War Museums Foundation. He is following in the post Lord Rothermere, whose grandfather was instrumental in founding the museum. The Imperial War Museums consist of five “campuses,” which include the original museum in London; a sister museum in Manchester; the Royal Navy Cruiser HMS Belfast, which is m…