Military Museums

Sites

Anglo-Boer War Museum

One of the most significant events in the history of South Africa was the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Although the protagonists were Britain and the two Boer Republics, the population of South Africa as a whole became embroiled in the war either directly or indirectly.

Army Museum Waiouru

Australian War Memorial Canberra

Includes rolls of honours for Australia plus photographs, documents etc.

Imperial War Museum

The UK national museum of the history of war and wartime life from 1914.

Mary Rose

The Mary Rose is the only 16th century warship on display anywhere in the world. Built between 1509 and 1511, she was one of the first ships able to fire a broadside, and was a firm favourite of King Henry VIII. After a long and successful career, she sank accidentally during an engagement with the French fleet in 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology.

National Army Museum

The National Army Museum is the British Army's own museum. Includes information on how British soldiers have lived, worked and fought from Tudor times to the present day.

National Museum of the United States Air Force

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio

National War Memorial

The tomb of the Unknown Warrior

Navy Museum

New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum

RAF Museum

In Cosford, and London

Royal Armouries

The Royal Armouries is the United Kingdom’s National Museum of Arms and Armour, one of the largest collections of arms and armour in the world, comprising of the UK’s National Collection of Arms and Armour, National Artillery Collection, and National Firearms Collection. It is also the keeper of the Tower of London history. It is Britain’s oldest museum, and one of the oldest museums in the world.

Royal Marines Museum

Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth

Museum devoted to the ships of the Royal Navy and the men and women who served in them

Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum Christchurch

the National Museum of New Zealand Military Aviation, located at the oldest military flying field at Wigram, near Christchurch