King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

City Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 1HT
England

Website

Official Museum Website

www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com

E-mail

kingsownmuseum@iname.com

Telephone

Museum Main Switchboard

01524 64637

Peter Donnelly, Regimental Curator

01524 555619

Fax

01524 841692

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.
Private Henry Watts of the King's Own painted in 1831
Shop icon Library icon Study area icon Visual disability facilities icon Wheelchair access icon

The museum covers the history of the King's Own Royal Regiment (4th Regiment of Foot) from its raising in 1680 through to the present day. Displays cover the Napoleonic, Crimean and Abyssinian Campaigns of the 19th Century, and the Boer War, Great War and Second World War of the 20th Century.
The museum's website is a fascinating resource on the history of the regiment and contains over one thousand photographs from the collection.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Mon-Sat 1000-1700

The museum is closed between Christmas and New Year. Please check for details.

 Admission charges

Admission Free

 General services and facilities
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
 Disability access
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Mail order service available
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Enquiries are received by email, letter, fax and telephone. Personal callers should contact the museum first to make an appointment to ensure that the curator is available to deal with your enquiry. Over 1500 enquiries are answered each year - check the museum's website for historical information and sources of further reading.
The enquiry service is free, however donations in support of the work of the museum, which is registered as a charity, are always welcome.

City Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 1HT
England

Website

Official Museum Website

www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com

E-mail

kingsownmuseum@iname.com

Telephone

Museum Main Switchboard

01524 64637

Peter Donnelly, Regimental Curator

01524 555619

Fax

01524 841692

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.

Collections comprise uniforms, personal items, weapons, regimental silver and medals amongst many hundreds of items reflecting a soldiers life through the ages.

Collection details

Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Fine Art, Weapons and War

Key artists and exhibits

  • The uniform of Captain Plumbe (Royal Lancashire Militia 1760) is the oldest most complete British Army uniform in existance.
  • The collection includes five Victoria Crosses and details of all of those who received the gallantry award.

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

City Museum
Market Square
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 1HT
England

Website

Official Museum Website

www.kingsownmuseum.plus.com

E-mail

kingsownmuseum@iname.com

Telephone

Museum Main Switchboard

01524 64637

Peter Donnelly, Regimental Curator

01524 555619

Fax

01524 841692

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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