This year, UK museums and heritage organisations hosted a series of fascinating online lectures exploring Britainโs Cold War experience.
If you missed them live, you can still watch them for free. They make perfect viewing as we reflect on 2025 and look ahead to another year of Cold War heritage programming.
National Army Museum
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ-๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ // Discover how Britainโs post war presence in Germany shaped the early Cold War order and influenced European security.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujauARmGm6w
The Royal Air Force Museum
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ – ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป? // Explore Britainโs role in the tense days of October 1962, when nuclear confrontation loomed large.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTVhIMwafNQ
Military Intelligence Museum
๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฆ – ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ // Learn about Britainโs military liaison mission in East Germany and its daring intelligence operations behind the Iron Curtain.
Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KglLfsX-ofk