Royal Green Jackets Museum, Military museum at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, England
The Royal Green Jackets Museum is a military museum housed inside Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, displaying uniforms, weapons, medals, and personal objects from three British infantry regiments. The collection fills several rooms and shows how the equipment and daily life of these units changed from the 18th century through the 20th.
The three regiments whose story the museum tells go back to the 18th century and fought in conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War. The museum opened in 1989, shortly after these regiments had merged into a single unit called the Royal Green Jackets.
The three regiments honored here were known for fighting in loose formation and moving fast, which set them apart from other infantry of their time. Their green uniforms, chosen to blend into the landscape, gave the museum its name and remain a point of pride in the collection.
The museum is inside an active military barracks, so visitors need to check in at the entrance before heading in. Giving yourself plenty of time is a good idea, as there is a lot to look at and no need to rush through the rooms.
One room holds a large diorama of the Battle of Waterloo made up of hundreds of miniature figures arranged across a detailed landscape. The figures are positioned to show how troops moved during the fighting, making the scene unusually easy to read at a glance.
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