Museums
We are fortunate to have been endowed with a rich material heritage, much of which is on display or otherwise accessible in our five Regimental Museum collections.
The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum
The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum was opened in 1929, and is based within Lancaster City Museum.
The lower floor of the gallery tells the history of the Regiment alongside the history of the British Army from 1660s to the 1960s. The newly installed mezzanine floor is used for temporary exhibitions along with a permanent display including five Victoria Crosses.
The busy museum also houses archives, books and photographs relating to the Regiment and is a valuable source to the military researcher and family historian.
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The King's Regiment Collection, Liverpool.
The King's Regiment was one of Britain's oldest regiments with a straight, direct lineage. Created in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark’s Regiment, it became the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment in 1881.
The collection is housed in the Museum of Liverpool and includes more than 10,000 items and represents the long history of the regiment as well as the everyday life of soldiers and their families, during peace and war.
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Lancashire Infantry Museum
The Lancashire Infantry Museum houses one of the largest Infantry Regimental collections in the country.
The extensive displays, archive and military history library illustrate the fascinating story of the East, South and Loyal North Lancashire Regiments and their antecedents from earliest foundation in 1689 to the achievements of the ‘Lancashire Lads’.
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Cumbria's Museum of Military Life
Museum of the Manchester Regiment
The Museum tells the story of generations of Manchester Regiment soldiers through two hundred years of service from 1758 until 1958.
The museum tells their unique stories through the objects they left behind. There are thousands of objects on display in the museum; including uniforms, equipment and weaponry, to the souvenirs they collected and medals they won all over the world.
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Currently the museum is closed to visitors pending refurbishment.
