Gear up for discovery

Explore the Army’s story across four exciting floors, with soft play fun at Play Base for younger recruits.

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An exterior photograph of the entrance to the National Army Museum

The new home for Lord Ashcroft's Victoria Crosses and George Crosses

From summer 2026, the National Army Museum will display medals from the Lord Ashcroft Collection, showcasing remarkable stories of bravery.

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Airborne sappers of 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault) training at Sennybridge Training Area, South Wales, 2016

Talk

19 Jun 2026 Free

On Strategists and Strategy

Historian and essayist Lawrence Freedman revisits his work of the past ten years, providing his unique views on war, strategy and foreign policy.

The London Territorials at Pozières, 23 July 1916

Talk

26 Jun 2026 Free

The London Territorial Force in Peace and War, 1908-21

Join Charles Fair, Richard Hendry and Tom Thorpe as they discuss the formation, composition and wartime contribution of the London Territorial Force.

Gurkhas marching at the Victory Parade in London, 1946

Talk

17 Jul 2026 Free

The London Victory Parade of 1946

Historian Jennifer Grant recounts the events of the London Victory Parade of 1946, including the complex politics surrounding which ‘allies’ were included.

Detail from the painting 'Home Again, 1858'

Myth and Reality: Military Art in the Age of Queen Victoria

This major exhibition of rarely seen artworks explores changing attitudes towards soldiers and the Army during Queen Victoria’s reign (1837–1901).

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Stories of alliance

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Nato has been the cornerstone of British defence planning for over 70 years. Originally formed as a bulwark against communism, more recently it has been involved in peacekeeping roles and the ‘war on terror’.

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Corporal Danny Groves

Danny Groves served as a mortar section commander with the Royal Irish Regiment in Afghanistan in 2006. At Musa Qala, he was embroiled in one of the Army’s most intense and gruelling sieges of recent times.

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In Their Own Words: Staff Sergeant Chantelle Taylor

Chantelle Taylor served as a combat medic during the war in Afghanistan. In 2008, while on patrol in Helmand Province, she became the first female British soldier to kill an enemy combatant at close quarters.

Detail from a jacket worn by Captain John Malcolmson VC, c1860

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