King's Own Royal Regiment Museum
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Due to urgent building repairs the King's Own Regimental gallery within Lancaster City Museum is closed until further notice. We apologise for any disappoinment. Admission to the rest of the City Museum will be by donation only until the King's Own can be re-opened.
The King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum is based within Lancaster City Museum. The regimental galleries were opened in 1929 and the original collections were formed from historic items kept by the various battalions of the Regiment. Some objects date back to the very early days of the Regiment in the late 17th Century. In the 1930s a sizeable collection of objects, archives, books and photographs was built up. For more information on the collection and the history of the regiment visit www.kingsownmuseum.com.
During the Second World War the museum was closed and the collections were based in a store, while the building (the former Lancaster Town Hall) was used by the Canadian Treasury. From the 1950s the museum continued to expand its collections, until the 1980s when even more rapid growth took place. The lower floor of the gallery tells the history of the Regiment from the 1660s to the 1960s, including a unique captain’s uniform from the 1760s – the oldest, most complete, British army uniform in the world.
Today, the museum team and Trustees are looking to address aspects of the colonial era legacy of the regiment. An exciting new project, funded through the Heritage Lottery, is currently researching and recording objects taken during the Abyssinian campaign in 1868. You can read more about this work here: Abyssinia Project.
TEMPORARILY CLOSED
Due to urgent building repairs the King's Own Regimental gallery within Lancaster City Museum is closed until further notice. We apologise for any disappoinment. Admission to the rest of the City Museum will be by donation only until the King's Own can be re-opened.
| Monday | 10:30 – 16:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:30 – 16:00 |
| Wednesday | CLOSED |
| Thursday | CLOSED |
| Friday | 10:30 – 16:00 |
| Saturday | 10:30 – 16:00 |
| Sunday | 10:30 – 16:00 |
- Please check the web pages for our other museums to see their opening days and times, as each museum is different.
- Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult
- Dogs: Only assistance dogs are permitted in the museum. This is because even well-behaved dogs are curious, and they sometimes need the loo. We can’t risk it for the sake of our fragile museum objects, which might get knocked over by a very waggy tail, and other visitors who may be nervous around dogs.
Standard Tickets (Single Visit)
- The King's Own Royal Regimental gallery is included in standard admission to Lancaster City Museum:
| Lancaster District Residents | FREE |
| Children (under 18) | FREE – must be accompanied by a responsible adult if under 16. |
| Carers accompanying a disabled visitor | FREE |
| 1 Adult from outside the Lancaster District | £5 |
| Joint ticket – 2 Adults from outside the Lancaster District | £8 |
Multipass Tickets
Our weekly and annual passes are ideal for holidays or for regular visitors to the district, providing unlimited entry to all three of our museums:
- Lancaster Maritime Museum
- Lancaster City Museum (including the King’s Own Regimental gallery)
- The Cottage Museum (open Saturdays only, April-September)
| Weekly Pass – 1 adult, 3 museums, 1 week | £8 |
| Annual Pass – 1 adult, 3 museums, 1 year | £10 |
From talks and walking tours to our popular 'show and tell' sessions demonstrating military equipment from different eras, you can find details of events and activities at all our museums here: What's On.
Or keep up to date with all the latest news on social media:
- King's Own Facebook page
- King's Own Instagram
- Lancaster City Museums Facebook Page - for the City, Maritime and Cottage Museums
- Lancaster City Museums Instagram - for the City, Maritime and Cottage Museums
