National Army Museum

About

The National Army Museum is the national home of the history and heritage of the Army. Through permanent galleries, special exhibitions, collections and programmes, the museum explores how soldiers have shaped our world and lives, from the British Civil Wars to the Army's role today. It was established by Royal Charter in 1960, and is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Ministry of Defence.

The museum's role is to collect, preserve and exhibit items related to the British Army and Commonwealth Forces. Its remit contrasts with that of other military museums in the United Kingdom which concentrate on the history of individual corps and regiments of the Army. It also covers the pre-independence history of the East India Company Army, the British Indian Army and other colonial units as well as housing the regimental or corps collections of the East Kent Regiment, the Middlesex Regiment the Women's Royal Army Corps, and the Irish regiments disbanded in 1922, part of the collection of the former Museum of Army Transport, and the archives of the Coldstream Guards and Grenadier Guards.