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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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A private of the 8th West India Regiment, c1803

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29 May 2026 Free

Mutiny, Desertion and Negotiation in the West India Regiments

Isaac Crichlow analyses court martial records from the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars to reveal the experiences of soldiers in the West India Regiments.

Meeting of the Supreme Command Allied Expeditionary Force in London, 1 February 1944

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4 Jun 2026 Free

Before the Beaches: Britain and America on the Road to D-Day

D-Day is often remembered as a single military operation, but its success depended on years of preparation shaped by two distinct national experiences.

‘The soldiers battle, Inkerman, November 5th 1854’

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5 Jun 2026 Free

The Brigade of Guards in the Crimean War

Algernon Percy examines the harsh conditions experienced during the Siege of Sevastopol while also refocusing attention on the role of the Guards at Inkerman.

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 and the British Army

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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