From time to time, Suburban Militarism likes to report on visits made to military museums around the UK. Commonly referred to as Suburban Militarism Day Trips, they showcase some of the fascinating exhibits and military history available in museums across the UK. Entry fees, at time of writing, are commonly either very cheap, if not free entry, and visitors to this blog are warmly encouraged to take the opportunity to go and experience them.

A list of museums visited and their associated posts is below:

The Abington Park Museum, Northampton 

Anglo-Sikh Wars Exhibition, Newarke Houses Museum, Leicester

Calke Abbey, Derbyshire

Cheshire Military Museum, Chester

Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland

  • Coming soon…

Holkham Hall, Norfolk

The Household Cavalry Museum, Whitehall, London

Hurst Castle, Hampshire

The Leicestershire Regiment Museum, Leicester

The Leicestershire Yeomanry Collection, Loughborough

Mercian Regiment Museum, Worcester

The National Army Museum, Chelsea, London

Norfolk Regiment Collection, Norwich

Nothe Fort – Museum of Coastal Defence, Weymouth

Queens Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum, Thoresby, Notts.

Sherwood Foresters Museum, Nottingham

Shropshire Regimental Museum, Shrewsbury

Somerset Military Museum, Taunton

Staffordshire Yeomanry Museum, Ancient High House, Stafford

Staffordshire Regiment Museum and Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield

Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry Collection, Muckleburgh, Norfolk

The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum, Warwick

9th/12th Royal Lancers Museum, Derby

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