Royal Army Chaplains' Museum

01/06/2026

Good to see our advertisement in the June edition of Highworth LINK 😀

We are open this afternoon from 13:30. Free admission.

31/05/2026

The fighting fitness of First World War soldiers, their morale and religious commitment: the second instalment of Pack Up Your Troubles.

29/05/2026

We will be open this afternoon from 1330.

Photo: A Painted Lady butterfly in Museum Garden yesterday.

28/05/2026

We are open this afternoon. Free admission. All welcome.

Photo - small fruit on our Bardsey Island apple tree (Malus domestica).

22/05/2026

Cambridge University Press has just published a volume of articles on "The Church and the Military". Several deal specifically with chaplaincy. All are free to read and download.

Cambridge Core - Studies in Church History - Volume 62 -

22/05/2026

We will be open this afternoon from 1330 - 1700.

Please note we will be closed on Bank holiday Monday and also Tuesday 26 May 2026.

17/05/2026

Today is the fourth anniversary of the official opening of the Royal Army Chaplains’ Museum by HRH The Countess of Wessex on 17th May 2022. Last week the Museum commissioned a fabulous cake to mark the museum’s fourth birthday. The cake in the shape of the Museum building was enjoyed by padres and staff at Shrivenham.

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15/05/2026

The Museum is open today from 1:30 pm.

Since the official opening of the Museum on 17 May 2022 we have been pleased to host visits by many different groups. Please get in contact if you would like to arrange for your group to visit the Museum.

14/05/2026

We continue to mark the fourth anniversary of the official opening of the Museum with photographs the Exhibition fit out. Exhibition design by Studio MB and installation by the Hub Ltd.

13/05/2026

We will be open this afternoon from 1:30pm.
This week we are marking the fourth anniversary of the official opening of the Museum.

Below are images of the construction of the museum building during 2021.