Cheshire Military Museum

Harrison's Propyleum, the ceremonial entrance to Chester Castle and the Cheshire Military Museum (to the left through this entrance).

The Cheshire Military Museum is a military museum in Chester, Cheshire, England.^[1]

The museum covers the history of four British Army regiments connected with the County of Cheshire from 1685 onwards: the Cheshire Regiment, the Cheshire Yeomanry, the 3rd Carabiniers, the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, and also the Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School.^[2] The museum is located in the barracks at Chester Castle.^[3] The part of the building housing the museum building has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.^[4]

See also

• List of museums in Cheshire

References

1. ^ Cheshire Military Museum, Army Museums Ogilby Trust, http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/museums/0000000024-Cheshire-Military-Museum.htm, retrieved 18 February 2011 
2. ^ Cheshire Military Museum, Culture24, http://www.culture24.org.uk/nw000026, retrieved 18 February 2011 
3. ^ Cheshire Military Museum, 18 February 2011, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult_details.asp?LR=832, retrieved 18 February 2011 
4. ^ "A Block, Chester Castle", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1271824, retrieved 27 April 2011 

External links

• Museum website

Coordinates: 53°11′11″N 2°53′31″W / 53.1865°N 2.8920°W / 53.1865; -2.8920