Alde
rshot Military Museum
Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire GU11 2LG
Tel: 01252 314598
The Museum covers the histories of Aldershot military town and the adjoining civil towns
of Aldershot and Farnborough. The complex contains a rich mixture of buildings, objects,
displays, vehicles and archives, and each of the
several galleries has a different theme and character.
The John Reed Gallery covers the history of the Army
in Aldershot from its arrival in 1854, and includes a rare
example of a Victorian barrack room displayed in its original
setting. Rushmoor Local History Gallery, which with the John
Reed Gallery occupies a pair of unique barrack bungalows built
in 1894, deals with the history of the civil towns of Aldershot
and Farnborough. The Cody Gallery is named after an
American, Samuel Franklin Cody, who made Britain's first powered
flight at Farnborough in 1908. The Gallery includes a
reconstruction of part of his workshop and many original objects, among
them his flying helmet.
The Montgomery Gallery, which stood originally in
the grounds of Monty's home at Isington near Alton, houses
a collection of larger exhibits, including field guns and
other vehicles. The museum's collection of vehicles, some here,
some kept outside, ranges from the mass-produced Willys jeep
of 1943 to the formidable 60-ton Chieftain tank; most are in
full working order.
