• 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London
  • 10.00am - 5.30pm
  • FREE
  • Chelsea, London

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Embroidered sabretache of the 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Light Dragoons, c1840
Course
15 March 2025 - 16 March 2025
£100.00

Embroidery Course: Irish Identity

Elevate your embroidery skills on this two-day course inspired by the Museum’s collection and led by experts from Hand & Lock, London’s premier embroidery house.
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Events

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British troops enjoying a cup of tea, 1918
Early Opening At Museum

11 February 2025, 9.00am

FREE

Community Coffee Morning

Join us for a relaxed chat and cuppa at our community coffee mornings on the second Tuesday of every month.

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A British medical orderly treats a wounded German soldier, c1916
Talk At Museum / Online

14 February 2025, 12.00pm

FREE

It Worked: Innovation and Improvisation in the Royal Army Medical Corps

Jessica Meyer examines how new ideas and technologies helped to push military medical care forwards during the First World War.

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Tommy Roper character actor
Performance At Museum

16 February 2025

FREE

Soldier Stories: Tommy Roper

Meet characters, both real and imagined, from the Army’s past and hear their amazing stories in our galleries.

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Children attending a craft workshop
Workshop At Museum

18 - 21 February 2025

FREE

Soldier Silhouettes

Join us for our silhouette workshop and learn how to create images of soldiers in the night.

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Children having a ZooLab encounter with a snake
Workshop At Museum

18 February 2025

FREE

ZooLab: Meet Amazing Animals

Join us this February half-term and meet some real-life experts in adapting to the dark.

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Children attending a family friendly gallery tour
Tour At Museum

19 February 2025

FREE

Marching Orders: Duty in the Dark

Join us on a family friendly gallery tour this February half-term as we explore the work the Army performs under the cover of night.

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Exhibitions and displays

A collage of Soldier Magazine covers
Now open
Display At Museum

4 February - 6 July 2025

FREE

The Story of Soldier Magazine

For 80 years, the journalists of ‘Soldier’ magazine have stood side by side with British Army troops to record seminal moments in our history. The short film in this display celebrates that contribution.

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