Regimental museum facts for kids

A regimental museum is a special place that tells the story of a specific army unit, called a regiment. These museums are found in countries like the United Kingdom, where armies are organized into regiments. They help us learn about the brave soldiers, their uniforms, weapons, and the important events they were part of throughout history. It's like a time capsule for a particular group of soldiers!

Regimental Museums in the UK: Where to Find Them

Many army units, including older ones like the Yeomanry and Militia, have their own museums or special exhibition areas. Some of these are only open if you make an appointment. For a complete list, you can check the Ogilby Trust website.

England's Military History Museums

• The Army Medical Services Museum is located in Mytchett, Surrey. It shows the history of military doctors and nurses.
• The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon in Barnstaple displays items from the Royal Devon Yeomanry and other local cavalry units.
• You can find the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment gallery inside Wardown Park Museum in Luton.
• The Border Regiment and its later versions have a gallery at Cumbria's Museum of Military Life, located in Carlisle Castle.
• The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) has some exhibits at Beany House. Most of their collection moved to the National Army Museum in 2000.
• The Cheshire Military Museum is at Chester Castle. It covers the history of the Cheshire Regiment and other local cavalry units.
• The collections of the Devonshire and Dorset are shown at The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester.
• Cornwall's Regimental Museum, located at Victoria Barracks in Bodmin, displays items from the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
• The Duke of Wellington's Regiment Museum is at Bankfield House in Halifax, Yorkshire.
• The DLI Museum in Durham closed in 2016.
• The collection of the East Yorkshire is kept in Wilberforce House in Hull.
• The Essex Regiment Museum is at Oaklands Park in Chelmsford.
• Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich closed in 2016.
• The Fusilier Museum (Lancashire) is in Bury, Greater Manchester.
• The Fusiliers Museum (London) is located in the famous Tower of London.
• The Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland is found in Alnwick Castle.
• The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum (for the Gloucestershire Regiment and Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) is at the historic docks in Gloucester.
• The Green Howards Regimental Museum is in Richmond, North Yorkshire.
• The Guards Museum is at Wellington Barracks in London.
• The Gurkha Museum is at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.
• The Herefordshire Light Infantry Museum is in Hereford.
• The Honourable Artillery Company Museum is at Armoury House in London.
• HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.
• The Household Cavalry Museum is at Horse Guards in London.
• The Inns of Court & City Yeomanry Museum is at Stone Buildings in London.
• The Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Museum is at Hever Castle, Kent.
• The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum is part of the Lancaster City Museum in Lancaster.
• The King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum is at Berwick Barracks in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
• The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum is at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery in Doncaster.
• The King's Regiment Museum collection is shown in the Museum of Liverpool.
• The Museum of the 14th/20th King's Hussars was in the Museum of Lancashire in Preston until it closed in 2016.
• The Lancashire Infantry Museum (for the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and the Queen's Lancashire Regiment) is at Fulwood Barracks in Preston.
• The Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps is at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.
• The Museum of the Manchesters was at Ashton Town Hall but is currently closed for redevelopment.
• The Middlesex Regiment museum, once in Bruce Castle, closed in 1992 and its collection moved to the National Army Museum.
• The Newcastle Discovery Museum includes the regimental museum for the Light Dragoons and the Northumberland Hussars.
• The Museum of the Northamptonshire Regiment is at Abington Park.
• The Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum (for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) is in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
• The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Museum is at Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
• The Queen's & Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment Regimental Museum is at Dover Castle.
• The Queen's Own Hussars Museum is at Lord Leycester Hospital in Warwick.
• The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum is at Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery in Maidstone.
• The Queen's Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum is at Thoresby Hall in Nottinghamshire.
• The Rifles Museum is at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.
• The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum is in Salisbury.
• The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum is at Duxford in Cambridgeshire.
• The REME Museum is at MoD Lyneham.
• The Royal Engineers Museum is at Gillingham in Kent.
• The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester.
• The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum is at Lower Barracks in Winchester.
• The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum is part of Newarke Houses Museum in Leicester.
• The collections of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and Lincolnshire Yeomanry are shown in Lincoln's Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
• The Royal Logistic Corps Museum is at Princess Royal Barracks near Camberley in Surrey.
• The Royal Marines Museum is moving to Portsmouth Dockyard.
• The Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum is in Norwich Castle.
• The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Museum (Royal Warwickshire) is at St John's House in Warwick.
• The Royal Signals Museum is at Blandford Camp in Dorset.
• The Royal Sussex Regiment Museum and that of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars are at Eastbourne Redoubt in Sussex.
• The Sherwood Foresters Museum is in Nottingham Castle.
• The Shropshire Regimental Museum is 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 at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.
• The Somerset Military Museum is at Taunton Castle.
• The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is at Whittington Barracks near Lichfield.
• The Suffolk Regiment Museum is at Gibraltar Barracks in Bury St Edmunds.
• The Surrey Infantry Museum was at Clandon Park House, near Guildford, but was sadly destroyed in a fire in April 2015.
• The Tank Museum, which is the museum for the Royal Tank Regiment, is at Bovington Camp in Dorset.
• The Worcester Soldier galleries (for the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars) are part of the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum.
• The York and Lancaster Regimental Museum is at Clifton Park in Rotherham.
• The York Army Museum (for the Royal Dragoon Guards, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Regiment) is at the Tower Street drill hall in York.

Northern Ireland's Military Museums

• The Royal Irish Fusiliers Museum is located in Armagh.
• The Royal Ulster Rifles Museum is in Belfast.
• The Inniskillings Museum (for the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards) is at Enniskillen Castle.

Scotland's Regimental Museums

• The Gordon Highlanders Museum is in Aberdeen.
• The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum is at Edinburgh Castle.
• The Museum of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) and the Royal Regiment of Scotland is also at Edinburgh Castle.
• The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum is at Stirling Castle.
• The Highlanders' Museum (for the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)) is at Fort George.
• The Black Watch Museum is at Balhousie Castle in Perth.
• The Royal Highland Fusilier Museum (for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and the Highland Light Infantry) is at Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow.
• The Cameronians Museum is part of the Low Parks Museum in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Wales's Military Heritage

• The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum is at Caernarfon Castle.
• The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (for the South Wales Borderers and the Monmouthshire Regiment) is at The Barracks, Brecon.
• Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier (for the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Royal Welsh) is at Cardiff Castle.
• The regimental museum of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers is in Monmouth Castle.