Explore Churchill’s life of leadership and his journey to Fulton and visit the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury to learn about the incredible story of its transformation during your visit to this Missouri attraction. In the Museum Store, you will find a number of items related to the life and times of Winston Churchill.
The National Churchill Museum Exhibition
Through the imaginative and innovative use of technology, the National Churchill Museum’s main exhibition provides a chronicle of the life of Winston Churchill and the world he knew. Begin your journey by viewing a timeline that will orient you with the museum. Learn about Churchill’s boyhood years as you discover his love for military toys in the museum’s Growing Pains exhibit and view Churchill family photos using a magic lantern. Continuing on your journey, track Churchill’s career from its early days to budding politician. Learn about the roles Churchill played during World War I and World War II. See Churchill’s finest hours on a film narrated by Walter Cronkite. Discover the reasons behind Churchill’s visit to Fulton and see the podium he spoke behind when he gave his famous Iron Curtain Speech. Pay tribute to Winston Churchill as you admire a collage comprised of millions of tiny pictures. In addition to its main exhibition that chronicles the life and times of Winston Churchill, the museum features displays about how Westminster College moved the world’s largest jigsaw puzzle, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, from London to Fulton, Missouri.
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury
After your time in the National Churchill Museum visit the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury, and learn about the incredible story of the transformation of the church designed by highly acclaimed English architect, Christopher Wren. Dating back to the 17th century, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin Aldermanbury is rich in history. With a hand-crafted tracker organ and an original Wren pulpit, the Church now stands exactly as Wren’s design envisaged in 1677. Highlights of the Church include: clear, hand-blown glass windows manufactured by the Blenko Glass Company; columns that add height and grandeur to St. Mary Aldermanbury; ceiling moulds depicting the Tudor Rose, Virgin Mary Rose, the daisy, the acanthus leaf and the egg-and-dart; chandeliers that replicate original Wren designs; the altar table created in 1983; and woodcarvings by Arthur Ayers and Wren’s chief woodcarver, Grinling Gibbons.
Breakthrough
Be sure to visit Breakthrough. Standing beside the Churchill Museum on the campus of Westminster College, the 11-foot –high, 32-foot-long monument was sculpted from eight sections of the Berlin Wall by Winston’s granddaughter, Edwina Sandys, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Shopping in the Museum Store
Stop by the Museum Store located in the National Churchill Museum. T-shirts, fine foods and collectibles related to Winston Churchill, Christopher Wren, the Church of St. Mary the virgin Aldermanbury and Westminster College are available to purchase.
- In addition to its permanent exhibition, the National Churchill Museum provides visitors with four rotating exhibits each year to better illustrate the life and times of Winston Churchill.