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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Coming soon at the National Army Museum

Talk

1 May 2026

From bows to Bren guns

Julian Farrance embarks on a fast-paced journey through the evolution of British Army weaponry, from the 1600s to the modern day.

Men of No 2 Commando drinking tea with a Yugoslav partisan, 1944

Talk

8 May 2026

The Forgotten Mission: SOE Force 133 in Yugoslavia

Nick Ilić shares the story of SOE Force 133 in the Second World War and examines its role in changing the political landscape of Yugoslavia.

Tour

12 May 2026

Dementia-Inclusive Tour: Victorian Art

Join us on this guided gallery tour, designed for people with dementia and their carers, and get the chance to handle a selection of museum objects.

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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