Spanning over 600 years of artillery development as well as three centuries of Royal Artillery history, the Royal Artillery Museum’s collection is one of the most important in the UK, and probably the finest gathering of artillery pieces anywhere in the world.
Welcome to the home of artillery heritage
COLLECTION BEGAN IN
1778
AND IS STILL GROWING
2,500 TONNES
Of ARTILLERY
11,000 MEDALS
2,000 UNIFORMS & OVER 100,000 DOCUMENTS
PRESERVING ARTILLERY
Heritage
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
What’s online
Looking to the future
We are currently working on plans for a new museum near the home of the Gunners at Larkhill. You can find out more here.
News
27 Apr 2026
Royal Artillery Museum launches call for volunteers to support Oral History Project
The Royal Artillery Museum is seeking volunteers to help capture and preserve the stories of the Gunner family — ensuring that experiences of service, conflict and military life are recorded for...
13 Mar 2026
The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports new museum
The Royal Artillery Museum has received initial support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its Guns on the Plain project, it was announced...
General news
30 Oct 2025
Museum Welcomes New Patron
We could not be more delighted to announce that Field Marshal David Richards has agreed to be the Patron of the Royal Artillery Museum.