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Uncover the bigger picture of how the Army has shaped our world and lives, past, present and future.

Bring your students along to explore a topic in depth at one of our Study Days or Activity Days, designed to challenge, develop and inspire.

Find out where to look for answers about the service history of an individual soldier.

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.

The National Army Museum has saved TE Lawrence’s dagger, robes and kaffiyah for the nation thanks to two grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) totalling £113,400.

16 June 2023: A rediscovered British masterpiece, 'Dawn of Waterloo', is now on public display for the first time in a generation. Created in 1895 by the pioneering female artist Lady Butler, the painting depicts a key moment before the pivotal Battle of Waterloo.

28 May 2025: The Museum is delighted to announce a new exhibition featuring over 100 works of art charting the changing attitudes to the military during the 19th century.

Interviewed in 1995, Mary Coomer recalls her time serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service from 1938 to 1945.

On 15 November 2016 the National Army Museum will be holding a parliamentary debate with cross-party MPs including Kirsten Oswald SNP, historian Lord Bew and author Will Ellsworth-Jones.

24 September 2024: The National Army Museum’s most popular permanent gallery – ‘Soldier’ – has reopened following a six-month refresh project.

This is a major retrospective of the pioneering work of graphic artist Abram Games, opening at the National Army Museum on 6 April 2019.

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.