Regimental museum explained

In countries whose armies are organised on a regimental basis, such as the army of the United Kingdom, a regimental museum is a military museum dedicated to the history of a specific army regiment.

List of regimental museums in the UK

In addition to those listed below, many more units (including Yeomanry, Militia and Volunteer regiments) have museums or exhibition spaces, some open only by appointment; for fuller information see the Ogilby Trust website (below).

England

• The Army Medical Services Museum is based at Mytchett in Surrey^[1]
• The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon (for the Royal Devon Yeomanry, Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Yeomanry) is based in Barnstaple^[2]
• The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment gallery is part of Wardown Park Museum in Luton^[3]
• The Border Regiment and its successors have a gallery at Cumbria's Museum of Military Life in Carlisle Castle^[4]
• The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) still has some exhibits at Beany House, although most of the collection was subsumed into the National Army Museum in 2000^[5]
• The Cheshire Military Museum (for The Cheshire Regiment, 3rd Carabiniers, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards and Cheshire Yeomanry) is based at Chester Castle
• The Devonshire and Dorset regimental collections are displayed in the Keep Military Museum, Dorchester^[6]
• The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regimental collections are displayed at Cornwall's Regimental Museum at Victoria Barracks in Bodmin^[7]
• The Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum is based at Bankfield House, in Halifax, Yorkshire^[8]
• The DLI Museum in Durham closed in 2016^[9]
• The East Yorkshire regimental collection is housed in Wilberforce House, Hull.^[10]
• The Essex Regiment Museum is based at Oaklands Park in Chelmsford^[11]
• Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum was based at Woolwich until it closed in 2016^[12]
• The Fusilier Museum (Lancashire) is based in Bury, Greater Manchester^[13]
• The Fusiliers Museum (London) is based in the Tower of London^[14]
• The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland is based in Alnwick Castle^[15]
• The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum (Gloucestershire Regiment and Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) is based at the historic docks in Gloucester^[16]
• The Green Howards Regimental Museum is based in Richmond, North Yorkshire^[17]
• The Guards Museum is based at Wellington Barracks in London^[18]
• The Gurkha Museum is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester^[19]
• The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum is based in Hereford^[20]
• The Honourable Artillery Company Museum is at Armoury House in London^[21]
• is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester^[22]
• The Household Cavalry Museum is based at Horse Guards in London^[23]
• The Inns of Court & City Yeomanry Museum is based at Stone Buildings in London^[24]
• The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum is at Hever Castle, Kent^[25]
• The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum is part of the Lancaster City Museum in Lancaster^[26]
• The King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum, is based at Berwick Barracks in Berwick-upon-Tweed^[27]
• The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum is based at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery in Doncaster^[28]
• The King's Regiment Museum collection is displayed in the Museum of Liverpool^[29]
• The Museum of the 14th/20th King's Hussars was in the Museum of Lancashire in Preston until it closed in 2016^[30]
• The Lancashire Infantry Museum (for the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment) is based at Fulwood Barracks in Preston^[31]
• The Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester^[32]
• The Museum of the Manchesters was based at Ashton Town Hall but remains closed while the town hall is being redeveloped^[33]
• The Middlesex Regiment museum, formerly in Bruce Castle, closed in 1992 and was absorbed into the National Army Museum
• The Newcastle Discovery Museum includes the regimental museum of the Light Dragoons and the Northumberland Hussars^[34]
• The Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment is based at Abington Park^[35]
• The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) is based at Woodstock, Oxfordshire^[36]
• The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum is based at Duxford, Cambridgeshire^[37]
• The Queen's & Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Regimental Museum is based at Dover Castle^[38]
• The Queen's Own Hussars Museum is based at Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick^[39]
• The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum is based at Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery in Maidstone^[40]
• The Rifles Museum is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester^[41]
• The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum is based in Salisbury^[42]
• The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum is based at Duxford in Cambridgeshire^[43]
• The Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum is based on Fox Lines in Aldershot in Hampshire.^[44]
• The REME Museum is based at MoD Lyneham^[45]
• The Royal Engineers Museum is based at Gillingham in Kent^[46]
• The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is based at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester^[47]
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum is based at Lower Barracks in Winchester^[48]
• The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum is based at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire^[49]
• The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum is part of Newarke Houses Museum in Leicester^[50]
• The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and Lincolnshire Yeomanry collections are displayed in Lincoln's Museum of Lincolnshire Life^[51]
• The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is based at Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley in Surrey^[52]
• The Royal Marines Museum is in the course of relocating to Portsmouth Dockyard^[53]
• The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum is based in Norwich Castle^[54]
• The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) is based at St John's House in Warwick^[55]
• The Royal Signals Museum is based at Blandford Camp in Dorset^[56]
• The Royal Sussex Regiment Museum and that of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars is based at Eastbourne Redoubt in Sussex^[57]
• The Sherwood Foresters Museum is based in Nottingham Castle^[58]
• The Shropshire Regimental Museum is based at Shrewsbury Castle
• The Soldier's Story Gallery (for the Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire) Regiment, the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and the Derbyshire Yeomanry) is based at Derby Museum and Art Gallery^[59]
• The Somerset Military Museum is based at Taunton Castle^[60]
• The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is based at Whittington Barracks near Lichfield^[61]
• The Suffolk Regiment Museum is based at Gibraltar Barracks in Bury St Edmunds^[62]
• The Surrey Infantry Museum was based at Clandon Park House, near Guildford until it was destroyed in a fire in April 2015^[63]
• The Tank Museum, the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment, is at Bovington Camp in Dorset^[64]
• The Worcester Soldier galleries (for the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars) is part of the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum^[65]
• The York and Lancaster Regimental Museum is based at Clifton Park in Rotherham^[66]
• The York Army Museum (for the Royal Dragoon Guards, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Regiment) is based at the Tower Street drill hall in York^[67]

Northern Ireland

• The Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum is based in Armagh^[68]
• The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum is based in Belfast^[69]
• The Inniskillings Museum (for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards) is based at Enniskillen Castle^[70]

Scotland

• The Gordon Highlanders Museum is based in Aberdeen^[71]
• The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum is based at Edinburgh Castle^[72]
• The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland is based at Edinburgh Castle^[73]
• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum is based at Stirling Castle^[74]
• The Highlanders' Museum (for the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)) is based at Fort George^[75]
• The Black Watch Museum is based at Balhousie Castle in Perth^[76]
• The Royal Highland Fusilier Museum (for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry) is based at Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow^[77]
• The Cameronians Museum is part of the Low Parks Museum in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire^[78]

Wales

• The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum is based at Caernarfon Castle^[79]
• The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (for the South Wales Borderers and the Monmouthshire Regiment) is based at The Barracks, Brecon^[80]
• (for the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh) is based at Cardiff Castle^[81]
• The regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is based in Monmouth Castle^[82]

External links

• Ogilby Trust listing of British Army museums

Notes and References

1. Web site: Museum of Military Medicine . UK . . ARCHON Directory . 31 December 2013.
2. Web site: Royal Devon Yeomanry . Ogilby Trust. 11 June 2018.
3. Web site: The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment Gallery. Luton Culture. 2 June 2018.
4. Web site: Welcome. Cumbria's Museum of Military Life. 2 June 2018.
5. Web site: Canterbury City Council Online . 4 September 2000 . Unique national museum link for Canterbury . CCC . 20 February 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110823111547/https://ns.cccds.co.uk/main.cfm?objectid=2390 . 23 August 2011 . dmy .
6. Web site: The Keep Today. The Keep Military Museum. 26 May 2014.
7. Web site: Cornwall's Regimental Museum. Ogilby Trust. 26 May 2014.
8. Web site: AboutBritain.com. Bankfield Museum. 11 July 2009.
9. Web site: Welcome to the 'Save the DLI Museum' Campaign. 4 November 2015 . Save the DLI. 2 June 2018.
10. Web site: Wilberforce House Galleries. Hull City Council. 18 November 2019.
11. Web site: Chelmsford Museums. Chelmsford Borough Council. 2 June 2018.
12. Web site: Press release. Firepower museum. 10 August 2016.
13. Web site: The Duke of Kent performs official opening of Fusilier Museum. 29 December 2011. Bury Times. 2009.
14. Web site: Raised at the Tower of London in 1685. The Fusilier Museum. 17 January 2016.
15. Web site: Museum enlists force of model recruits. 23 September 2004. Northumberland Gazette. 2 June 2018.
16. Web site: Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum. Ogilby Museums. 2 June 2018.
17. Web site: Green Howards Regimental Museum. Great Northern Publishing. 2 June 2018.
18. Web site: Guards Museum Overview. Household Division. 2 June 2018.
19. Web site: The Gurkha Museum. City of Winchester. 2 June 2018.
20. Web site: Official site. Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum. 15 March 2015.
21. Web site: Honourable Artillery Company Museum. Ogilby Trust. 3 June 2018.
22. Web site: The museum. Horsepower. 29 July 2016.
23. Web site: The Household Cavalry Museum . . www.householdcavalrymuseum.co.uk . 11 October 2017 .
24. Web site: Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Museum. Ogilby Trust. 26 May 2014.
25. Web site: Hever Castle . https://web.archive.org/web/20151126062347/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407172 . dead . 26 November 2015 . Pastscape. 3 June 2018.
26. Web site: Introduction and History . King's Own Royal Regiment Museum . 16 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105716/http://www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com/museum02.htm . 2 April 2015 .
27. Web site: Regimental Museum. King's Own Scottish Borderers Association. 25 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140628015309/http://www.kosb.co.uk/museum.htm. 28 June 2014. dmy-all.
28. Web site: King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum Collection. Ogilby Trust. 13 March 2016.
29. Web site: City Soldiers. Museum of Liverpool. 3 June 2018.
30. Web site: Access Statement for the Museum of Lancashire. Lancashire County Council. 3 June 2018. 4–5.
31. Web site: Official site. Lancashire Infantry Museum. 16 March 2015.
32. Web site: Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps. Adjutant General's Corps Regimental Association. 4 June 2018.
33. Web site: Museum of the Manchester Regiment. Tameside Council. 4 June 2018.
34. Web site: Charge! The story of England's Northern Cavalry. Light Dragoons. 2 June 2018.
35. Web site: History of Abington Park Manor House. Waymarking. 4 June 2018.
36. News: Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum opened by Princess Royal . . . UK . 25 September 2014 . 28 December 2015 .
37. Book: Kershaw, Robert J . Airborne Assault: Stories of men who go to war from the air. 2008. Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum.
38. Web site: Queen's & PWRR Regiment Museum. 1st Battalion the Queen’s Regiment. 5 June 2018.
39. Web site: Queen's Own Hussars Museum. 5 June 2018.
40. Web site: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum. Maidstine Museum. 5 June 2018.
41. Web site: Military might on show to mark Armed Forces Day in Winchester. 20 June 2017. Daily Echo.
42. Web site: The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum. Ogilby Museums. 6 June 2018.
43. Web site: Royal Anglian memorial unveiled: we will never forget their sacrifices . Collett, Amy . 14 September 2010 . PeterboroughToday.co.uk . Johnston Publishing Limited . 28 September 2010.
44. Web site: Royal Army Physical Training Corps Museum. 23 June 2024.
45. Web site: New REME Museum moves into new home in Lyneham. 18 January 2016. Gazette and Herald. 23 June 2018.
46. Web site: Royal Engineers Museum. Kent Attractions. 7 June 2018.
47. Web site: Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum. Visit Winchester. 7 June 2018.
48. Web site: What is in the Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum?. Royal Hampshire Regiment. 8 June 2018.
49. Web site: Charge of the Light Brigade bugle stars at new museum. BBC. 26 July 2011. 5 June 2018.
50. Web site: Newarke Houses Museum. Ogilby Trust. 8 June 2018.
51. Web site: About the Museum of Lincolnshire Life. Lincolnshire County Council. 8 June 2018.
52. Web site: Welcome . Royal Logistic Corps Museum. 8 June 2018.
53. Web site: Royal Marines Museum to be moved to new home in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Portsmouth News. 17 October 2013. 22 May 2016.
54. Web site: Royal Norfolk Museum Moves to Norwich Castle. BBC Norfolk News . 26 July 2011. 24 January 2016.
55. Web site: Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Warwickshire), St John's House, Warwick. 30 January 2012.
56. Web site: About us. Royal Signals Museum. 8 June 2018.
57. Web site: Eastbourne Redoubt – Fortress and Museum . www.sussexmuseums.co.uk . Sussex Museums Group . 20 January 2018 .
58. Web site: Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum. National Archives. 8 June 2018.
59. News: Soldiers' Story gallery celebrates Derby's 300-year link with the Lancers. Zena. Hawley. Derby Telegraph. 11 August 2015.
60. Web site: Somerset Military Museum. Archon Directory. British National Archives. 18 January 2011.
61. Web site: No frills but plenty of guts. The Staffordshire Regiment Museum. 22 October 2011.
62. Web site: Suffolk Regiment Museum. Ogilby Trust. 18 April 2014.
63. Web site: Surrey Infantry Museum at Clandon Park . The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association . 22 October 2012.
64. Web site: Museum history. The Tank Museum. 10 June 2018.
65. Web site: Worcester Soldier galleries. Visit Worcestershire. 10 June 2018.
66. Web site: York and Lancaster Regimental Museum. Clifton Park. 10 June 2018.
67. Web site: The York Army Museum wins Heritage Lottery Fund support. 9 December 2012. 16 December 2017.
68. Web site: Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum. What’s on in Northern Ireland. 13 June 2018.
69. Web site: Royal Ulster Rifles Museum. Army Museums. 10 July 2016.
70. Web site: Welcome. The Inniskillings Museum. 12 June 2018.
71. Web site: Things to do in Aberdeenshire in 2016. Daily Record. 15 January 2016. 27 June 2017.
72. Web site: Welcome. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum. 15 June 2018.
73. Web site: Museum of the Royal Scots and the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The Royal Scots. 15 June 2018.
74. Web site: Welcome to the museum. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum. 15 June 2018.
75. Web site: Welcome. The Highlanders' Museum. 15 June 2018.
76. Web site: Castle and museum. The Black Watch. 8 May 2016.
77. Web site: Royal Highland Fusiliers Museum. Ogilby Trust. 15 June 2018.
78. Web site: The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Collection - Low Parks Museum, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. 12 June 2016.
79. Web site: Welcome. Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum. 14 June 2018.
80. Web site: Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh . Ogilby Trust. 14 June 2018.
81. Web site: Regimental museum to open doors. BBC News. 19 February 2010. 12 June 2018.
82. Web site: The Castle and Regimental Museum. Monmouth Castle Museum. 31 December 2011.