"I wanted to win but now I want peace". Says Bassam, 10 years old. "My dream is that there won't be attacks, there'll be fewer dead and I will have more friends." Says Danit, 9 years old.

All of us in the team at IWM North are delighted to be setting out on our fifth year with the coveted 2006 Best Visitor Attraction award for England's North West on our wall. We work hard to make the subject of war and conflict accessible to all and next year we will be concentrating on all the members of the family with a stunning show of Second World War art followed by a major show with an unusual take on war through the eyes of animals.