Somerset Military Museum

Somerset Military Museum
Location within Somerset and the United Kingdom
Location Taunton, Somerset
Coordinates 51°01′09″N 3°06′00″W / 51.0191°N 3.1000°W / 51.0191; -3.1000
Website www.sommilmuseum.org.uk

The Somerset Military Museum is part of the Museum of Somerset located in the 12th century great hall of Taunton Castle, in Taunton, Somerset.[1][2] It is a "registered and accredited museum" with the British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council,[3] and is a part of the Museum of Somerset.[4] The museum covers Somerset's military history from 1685 onward.[1] It received a £10,000 grant form the Somerset Military Museum Trust for the restoration project.[5]

Exhibitions

The main exhibitions in the Somerset Military Museum are being designed to show the history of Somerset's military regiments.[6] They are being organized into two groups: a group of exhibitions on conflicts and another group of exhibitions on life in the regiments.[7]

The Somerset Military Museum contains exhibitions for objects such as a silver model of the Gateway of India. In 1948, the Somerset Light Infantry was the last British brigade to leave India, and they were given the model.[8] Another exhibition is of Prince Albert's Somerset Light Brigade.[9] This exhibition discusses the unit's involvement in the Battle of Jellalabad and the First Afghan War.[1] Other exhibitions include ones on the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry, West Somerset Yeomanry, North Somerset Yeomanry, and the Somerset Rifles.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Somerset Military Museum". Army Museums Ogilby Trust. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Somerset Military Museum". Archon Directory. British National Archives. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Registered and Accredited Museums" (PDF). Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "Museum of Somerset". Services directory. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Somerset Heritage Service Newsletter April 2010" (PDF). Somerset County Council. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Somerset Military Museum". Services directory. Somerset County Council. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Official Site of the Somerset Military Museum". Somerset Military Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
  8. ↑ "Brigadier John Platt". The Times. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Histories". Somerset Military Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
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