• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

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Talk
20 April 2024
£12.50

My Grandfather’s War: Field Marshal Slim

As part of the Kohima 80th Anniversary Weekend, Mark and Mary Ann Slim share memories of their famous grandfather, Field Marshal William Slim, best known for commanding the Fourteenth Army in the Second World War.
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Events

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Colonel Tim Peake, 2021
Talk At Museum / Online

3 May 2024, 12.00pm

FREE

Serve to Lead: The Alumni of Sandhurst

Vaughan Kent-Payne discusses the civilian careers of some of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst’s most famous alumni.

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Portraits on display in the Indian Army Memorial Room, Sandhurst
Members Only

8 May 2024, 10.00am

£25.00

Sandhurst: Members Excursion

Join us for a members-only day trip to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and take in the magnificent art on display in the Indian Army Memorial Room.

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Handwritten extract from Ted Senior's diary, c1943
Talk At Museum / Online

10 May 2024, 12.00pm

FREE

In Their Own Words: A Diary of the Death Railway

Join research curator Justin Saddington as he examines the diary of Ted Senior, a soldier and prisoner of war who survived the building of the Thai-Burma ‘railway of death'.

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Guidon, Ringwood Light Dragoons, c1802
Course At Museum

11 - 12 May 2024

£100.00

Embroidery Course: Goldwork and Silk Shading

Elevate your embroidery skills on this two-day course, inspired by the Museum’s collection and led by experts from Hand & Lock, London’s premier embroidery house.

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D-Day display in the Conflict in Europe gallery
Tour At Museum

11 May 2024, 11.00am

£2.00

Second World War: BSL Tour

Follow expert guide Edward Richards on a British Sign Language (BSL) tour of the galleries examining the Second World War.

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Bone model of a British Army cannon, 1851
Workshop At Museum

15 May 2024, 2.00pm

£10.00

Soldier Craft Through Time

Enjoy an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at objects from the Museum’s collection that showcase the craftwork of soldiers across the centuries.

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Exhibitions and displays

Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945
Exhibition

12 September 2020 - 1 September 2024

FREE

Foe to Friend

More than a million British soldiers have lived and served in Germany over the past 75 years. Follow their evolution from conquerors and occupiers to allies and friends.

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'Shakespeare and War' exhibition graphic
Exhibition At Museum

6 October 2023 - 1 September 2024

FREE

Shakespeare and War

Explore some of the ways in which Shakespeare has shaped how we think about soldiers and the Army, and how we imagine war and its consequences today.

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