Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum — Attraction in Gloucester

Great place to visit. The Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum is located in Gloucester’s Historic Docks. We reopened in April 2014 after a significant Heritage Lottery funded refurbishment. Come and discover the lives of Gloucestershire soldiers from the last 300 years. Try on Army uniforms, look into a First World War trench, learn about medals and how soldiers won them through history with our interactive displays. Do you know how the Gloucestershire Regiment won the Back Badge? See how the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars survived fighting in the desert? Have you felt how heavy a Rifleman’s rucksack is? With changing exhibitions and our Soldiers of the Month display, there is always something new to see. There is plenty for the whole family to do, children's games, uniforms to try on plus a free quiz. Our story begins in 1694, travels through the Napoleonic Wars, the Age of Empire, Worlds Wars, Korea and right up to modern day conflicts. Come and discover the stories of twelve generations of...

I went with my son, aged 11, in early June 2022. His interest in all things military has been heightened by the recent events in Ukraine. The thing that made the price of admission value for money was the presence of highly engaging volunteers who spoke to us at length and explained the significance of particular objects in the collection. We had a wonderful conversation with the retired RAF man who pointed out some highlights to us. My son relished the opportunity to hold a variety of (deactivated) rifles. The volunteer showed them to us in historical chronological sequence, starting with the legendary Brown Bess musket and ending with the type of firearms carried by British infantry men towards the end of the Cold War. The experience gave my son the opportunity to get a bit of a sense of what carrying kit was like for successive generations of soldiers. Well worth the...

SOGM is a small charity run museum that focuses on those British regiments most closely associated with Gloucestershire i.e. the Gloucestershire Regiment (The Glorious Glosters) and the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. It is, unfortunately, located in a fairly remote part of Gloucester Docks compared to the Quays shopping centre; however, it's static displays are well organised with many interactive screens. The Korean Room mostly focusses on the 1951 battle of Hill 275 above the Imjin River. A battle that cost the Chinese 63rd Army more...