Border & King's Own Royal Border Regiment Museum

Queen Mary's Tower
The Castle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
England

Website

E-mail

korbrmuseum@aol.com

borderregiment@aol.com

Telephone

01228 532774

Fax

01228 545435

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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The Museum founded in 1932 is located in Queen Mary's Tower a 16th Century building in Carlisle Castle. This superb medieval fortress founded in 1092, houses the military barracks of the Border Regiment's Depot, the Regiment's home since 1873. The Museum tells the story of Cumbria's County Infantry Regiment, The Border Regiment, King's Own Royal Border Regiment and Duke of Lancaster's Regiment from 1702 to the present; displays, exhibitions, shop, education service and archive.

Venue type

Archive, Museum

 Opening hours

1 April - End September
Daily 0930 - 1700
October - March 1000 - 1600
Closed 24-26 Dec & 1 January

 Admission charges

included in Carlisle Castle entry fee for details contact English Heritage.

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics

Queen Mary's Tower
The Castle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
England

Website

E-mail

korbrmuseum@aol.com

borderregiment@aol.com

Telephone

01228 532774

Fax

01228 545435

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Includes a wide range of uniforms, equipment, badges and insignia, firearms, artillery and edged weapons, personal items, silver, china, musical instruments, medals including those of six of the Border Regiment's Victoria Cross winners, pictures and paintings, and a large archive of photographs, and documents relating to Regular, Volunteer, Militia, Territorial and Home Guard units of the Regiment and other military units from Cumbria. Archive and items not on display can be viewed by prior arrangement.

Collection details

Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Film and Media, Fine Art, Land Transport, Music, Personalities, Photography, Science and Technology, Social History, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • From 1702 to the present day, First War Exhibition and displays from Arnhem (1944) and The Burma Campaign of the Second World War.
  • New Book, The History of the Kings Own Royal Border Regiment by Stuart Eastwood contact museum for details

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Queen Mary's Tower
The Castle
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8UR
England

Website

E-mail

korbrmuseum@aol.com

borderregiment@aol.com

Telephone

01228 532774

Fax

01228 545435

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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