Museums

AGC (Adjutant General’s Corps) Museum

The Museum tells the story of the modern Adjutant General’s Corps (AGC) and the antecedent Corps. The AGC is relatively young, created in 1992 from the amalgamation of the Royal Army Pay Corps (RAPC), the Royal Army Educational Corps (RAEC), the Corps of the Royal Military Police (RMP), the Army Legal Corps (ALC), the Military Provost Staff Corps (MPSC) and the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC). Our main collection consists of items of the Royal Army Pay Corps, the Royal Army Educational Corps and the Women’s Royal Army Corps. Click here

Boscombe Down Aviation Collection

The museum contains an impressive collection of historical aircraft and holds a series of monthly aviation-related presentations at Old Sarum Airfield. Click here

Fleet Air Arm Museum

Take to the skies at the Fleet Air Arm Museum – representing the Royal Navy in the air. With four exhibition halls, over ninety aircraft, more than 2 million records, and 30 thousand artefacts, the Museum is Europe’s largest naval aviation museum. It is also home to the first British Concorde and the award-winning Aircraft Carrier Experience. Click here

HorsePower, the Museum of The King’s Royal Hussars

Trace the history of seven famous regiments over a period of 300 years and marvel at the great heroes who won the Victoria Cross for their valour. The dramatic exploits of men who fought in the Peninsula War, the Charge of the Light Brigade, the two World Wars are revealed and much more besides. Click here

Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum

Come and discover the lives of Gloucestershire soldiers from the last 300 years. Try on Army uniforms, look into a First World War trench, learn about medals and how soldiers won them through history with our interactive displays. Click here

Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

More than a local military museum, SOFO is a museum that everyone can enjoy, from kids to parents and grandparents. We tell stories of how conflict has affected the county and its people, from soldiers serving on the front lines to ordinary people living on the Home Front. On top of a range of ever-changing displays and events, our permanent exhibits explore topics that you’ll find surprising and moving in equal measure, such as raw accounts of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen from both camp survivors and Oxfordshire soldiers. Click here

The Army Flying Museum

Tells the story of British Army Flying from the early days of military ballooning to the modern Army Air Corps. The collection was started in 1946 at RAF Andover but later moved to Middle Wallop and first opened to the public in 1974. The collection covers the five main branches of Army Aviation: Royal Engineers (1878-1912), The Royal Flying Corps (1912-1918), Air Observation Post Squadrons (1941-1957), the Glider Pilot Regiment (1942-1957) and the current Army Air Corps (1957 to date). Click here

The Gurkha Museum

The Museum takes you on a journey through Gurkha history, beginning with their origins in Nepal and the moment in 1815 when Gurkhas were first enlisted to fight for Britain. The extraordinary stories on display and housed in our archives cover not only the battles and campaigns but the culture and religion of the homeland of this unique fighting force. We see them locked in battle with mutinous sepoys in 1857, then standing guard in India’s North West and North East frontiers before being sent half a world away to the trenches of the Western Front in 1914 and The Falkland Islands in the early 1980s. Click here

The Keep Military Museum

The Keep Military Museum in Dorchester offers a fascinating insight into local military history. The Grade II listed building, once the gatehouse for the Depot Barracks of the Dorsetshire Regiment, houses amazing artefacts, learning experiences and fun for all the family. Click here

The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum

Home of the infantry regiments of Berkshire and Wiltshire. The Wardrobe remains the spiritual home of both the Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment and its successor regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and a base for The Rifles to maintain its links with the counties of Berkshire and Wiltshire. Click here

The Rifles Museum, Winchester

Immerse yourself into their history and exciting campaigns, and find out what it is like to be a Rifleman. Our permanent gallery tells the 21st Century stories of The Rifles, from the forming in Iraq through to recent work in peace keeping, training foreign forces and anti-poaching. Click here

The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum

Laid out chronologically, the Museum’s displays tell of the part played by the regiments in campaigning for peace over two and half centuries, and how the regiments’ approach to soldiering and readiness to adopt new ideas were often ahead of the rest. Click here

The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum

The Museum of the Royal Hampshire Regiment tells the story of the county infantry regiment for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. It traces its history back to 1702 when it was formed as Meredith’s Own, until its amalgamation with the Queen’s Regiment in 1992 to form the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment (Queens and Royal Hampshires). Click here

The Tank Museum

The Tank Museum brings the story of tanks and their crews to life, with the world’s best collection of tanks in awe-inspiring, modern exhibitions. The museum houses 300 military machines, representing the key battles of every major conflict since the First World War. Click here