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The Press Office provides a service to journalists and media outlets who are looking for expert spokespersons or information about the National Army Museum, including our collections, exhibitions, events and fundraising campaigns.

Media access and visits to the museum, including all professional filming and photography, must be arranged in advance by contacting:

PR and Communications Manager
E: pr@nam.ac.uk | Tel: 020 7881 2433

Press releases

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Lynx helicopter on display at the National Army Museum

National Army Museum embarks on gallery refreshment project

25 January 2022

Over the next two years, the National Army Museum is undertaking a rolling refreshment of its permanent galleries, starting with Army gallery.

British Sherman tanks advancing from Nijmegen in the Netherlands towards the German town of Kleve, c1945

National Army Museum and historian James Holland unveil new exhibition

18 November 2021

Brothers in Arms is a free temporary exhibition that will run at the National Army Museum from 9 December 2021 to 6 May 2022, telling the story of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry from D-Day to VE Day.

National Army Museum and Society for Army Historical Research strengthen ties

21 September 2021

At this year’s Chelsea History Festival, the National Army Museum will be hosting the annual conference of the Society for Army Historical Research and their Templer reception on 22 September 2021.

Public asked to mark this year’s Armed Forces Week by walking in the footsteps of our forces

7 June 2021

The National Museum of the Royal Navy, National Army Museum, Royal Air Force Museum and Commonwealth War Graves Commission are marking this year’s Armed Forces Week by launching a virtual walking event, In the Footsteps of Our Forces.

The grave of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey

Buried Among Kings: The Story of the Unknown Warrior

7 October 2020

To mark the centenary of the Unknown Warrior being laid to rest in Westminster Abbey, the National Army Museum presents a new exhibition telling the story of this symbolic memorial.

Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945

12 September 2020

This month, the National Army Museum will open a major exhibition charting the Army’s time in Germany from the end of the Second World War to the present day.

Bust presented to Florence Nightingale by men of the British Army in 1862

The legacy of the Lady with the Lamp: Florence Nightingale

11 May 2020

Tuesday 12 May 2020 marks 200 years since the birth of one of the most famous women in British history: The Lady with the Lamp, Florence Nightingale.

National military service museums join forces for Virtual VE Day 75 Festival

28 April 2020

The three historical institutions of the British Armed Forces invite the public to ‘stand with your services’ to celebrate 75 years since VE Day on Friday 8 May.

A training patrol of the 16th/5th The Queen’s Royal Lancers visits the Inner German Border, 1979

Berlin Wall installed at National Army Museum to mark 30th anniversary of its fall

1 November 2019

The National Army Museum reflects on 75 years of the British Army in Germany with the installation of a section of the Berlin Wall, the launch of a new book and the announcement its major exhibition for 2020.

Subadar Major Judbhir Thapa, 2nd Gurkha Rifles, 1893

Memorial to British Indian Army unveiled at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

6 September 2019

The National Army Museum has reinvigorated the historic Indian Army Memorial Room at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst with unseen items from its collection.

Take the Tank Challenge with the National Army Museum this summer

23 July 2019

Big kids and little kids alike have been having fun at Victoria station this week as they take part in the National Army Museum's remote-control #TankChallenge.

Rise of the Lionesses: New exhibition explores changing roles of women in the British Army

28 June 2019

A new spotlight exhibition, written in partnership with the WRAC Association, explores the changing roles of women in the Army from 1917 to the present day.

Penalty for disregarding D-Day secrecy: Death for your comrades

30 May 2019

Among the work of Abram Games currently on display at the National Army Museum is a poster warning soldiers against disclosing military secrets prior to D-Day (6 June 1944).

National Army Museum to hand over locks of hair belonging to Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia

18 March 2019

An agreement has been reached on the manner and style of the hand-over to the Government of Ethiopia of locks of hair belonging to Emperor Tewodros II.

The art of persuasion: Wartime posters by Abram Games

7 March 2019

'The art of persuasion: Wartime posters by Abram Games' is a major retrospective of the pioneering work of graphic artist Abram Games, opening at the National Army Museum on 6 April 2019.

National Army Museum responds to repatriation request from Ethiopia

4 March 2019

The Museum has agreed to repatriate items from its collection, considered to be human remains, following a request from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in April last year.

ATS women outside their Nissen huts, 1945

National Army Museum launches Spotlight Saturdays

23 January 2019

The Museum kicks off a new series of public events to showcase the work of specific regiments, topical themes or inspiring key campaigns in the nation's history.