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Step into history, unlock surprising stories and spark imaginations at the National Army Museum.

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Group photograph of officers of The Black Watch

Talk

27 Feb 2026

'Highland Chieftains': The Officers of The Black Watch

Join Dr Ruadhan Scrivener-Anderson as he looks at selection, socialisation and the development of group identity within The Black Watch in the lead-up to the First World War.

A museum visitor sketching a bust of Napoleon on display in a gallery

Tour

28 Feb 2026 £2.00

Napoleonic Wars: BSL Tour

Follow expert guide Edward Richards on a British Sign Language (BSL) tour focusing on the Napoleonic Wars of the early 19th century.

Indian Army soldiers undergoing a kit inspection

Talk

6 Mar 2026

The Imperial Training Network: The Armies of Britain, the Dominions and India, 1939-45

Megan Hamilton assesses how armies from across the British Empire coordinated their training to fight effectively together during the Second World War.

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

story

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’.

Story

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.

Story

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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