Somerset Military Museum
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| Location | Taunton, Somerset |
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| 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]
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