wmm HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 2026

Step into History at Winchester’s Military Museums for Heritage Open Days 2026!
📅  September 11th - September 19th |🪙 Free events | 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Fun for Everyone

Enjoy temporary exhibitions, selected free entry days, re-enactors, and more!

Entry to ALL MUSEUMS is free on Saturday 12th September and Saturday 19th September
Please check individual opening hours and event pages for full details and to avoid disappointment.

hORSEPOWER, MUSEUM OF THE KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS

📅  Saturday 12th September

• Free entry
• Badge making workshop
  

📅  Saturday 19th September

• Free Entry
• Temporary Exhibition: Hussars and their Pets
  

the royal hampshire regiment museum

 📅 Friday 11th - Saturday 19th September

• Free entry
• Temporary Exhibition: Everyday Lives of the Royal Hampshire Regiment exhibition
  

 📅Tuesday 15th September, 2pm

• The Hampshire Tigers - Museum Tour
  

 📅Thursday 17th September, 2pm

• The Hampshire Tigers - Museum Tour
  

 📅Saturday 19th September

• Hampshire Regiment Re-enactment Society
• Researching your family's military history
  

The gurkha museum

 📅 Friday 11th - Saturday 19th September

• Free Entry
• Temporary Exhibition: Hot Jungle, Cold War: The Gurkhas in the Borneo Confrontation
  

The rifleman's Museum

 📅 Friday 11th - Saturday 19th September

• Temporary Exhibition: Courage Takes Flight - The Green Jackets Parachute Club
  

 📅Saturday 12th September

• Free entry

 📅Saturday 19th September

• Free entry
• 95th Rifles Re-enactment Group
  
• Militaria Stall
  
• Children's trail and activities
  

The rLC Museum

 📅 Friday 11th - Saturday 19th September

• Free Entry

 📅 Friday 11th September

• Weapons Talk (10am)
• Archive Tour (2pm)
  

 📅 Tuesday 15th September

• Talk: "What does that lever do?" (10am, 2pm)
• Museum Tour (11am, 1pm)
  

 📅 Wednesday 16th September

• Director's Tour (10am)
  
• Talk: Legions to Logisticians (2pm)

 📅 Thursday 17th September

• Talk: Legions to Logisticians (10am)
  
• Director's Tour (2pm)

 📅 Friday 18th September

• Archive Tour (10am)
  
• Talk: Weapons (2pm)
  

the adjutant general's corps museum

 📅 Friday 11th - Saturday 19th September

• Free Entry
  

 📅 Saturday 19th September

• Meet the Corps Engagement Team