# Warwick Museums - Military, Social and County History

> Find out about Warwick's museums, including the Queen's Own Hussars Museum, St John's Museum with its Victorian kitchen, and the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum.

URL: https://cotswolds.info/places/warwick/museums.shtml  
Section: Villages & Towns  
Location: Warwick, Warwickshire (52.282, -1.584)  
Last updated: 2021-03-12

![Warwick Castle](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/river_view_castle.jpg)
View of Warwick Castle from River Avon

![The Great Hall](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/great_hall.jpg)
The Great Hall

![Trebuchet](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/trebuchet.jpg)
Trebuchet in the grounds of Warwick Castle

![Mock Battle](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/mock_battle.jpg)
Mock Battle in the grounds of Warwick Castle

Location Map of Warwick Castle - click on blue marker for directions

![Warwick Castle](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/river_view_castle_small.jpg)

![The Great Hall](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/great_hall_small.jpg)

![trebuchet](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/trebuchet_small.jpg)

![Mock Battle](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/castle/mock_battle_small.jpg)

![Location Map](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/warwickl_map_small.jpg)

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Warwick History

Lord Leycester Hospital

Museums

St Mary's Church

### The Queen's Own Hussars Museum

![The Queen Own Hussars Museum in Lord Leycester's Hospital](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/museums/lord-leycester-hospital.jpg) The Cavalry Regiment of the West Midlands – the past to the present
Riding into Battle by Horse and Tank
One of the three Warwick Military Museums. Normally Open Tues to Sat
Summer 10.00-17.00
Winter 10.00 - 16.00
Tel +144 (0)1926 492035
qohmuseum@qrh.org.uk
www.qrhmuseum.com

Within The Lord Leycester Hospital NO FURTHER ADMISSION CHARGE.

Covering over 300 years of service of the senior light cavalry regiment of the British Army, the lives of a few individuals have been chosen to bring to life each era. A chronology board relates the regimental and military events to other national and local historical events.

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### St John's Museum

![St. Johns Museum](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/museums/stjohns-museum.jpg) St. Johns
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4NF
**T** 01926 412500/412132
**F** 01926 412034

A charming Jacobean mansion housing period reconstructions of a Victorian kitchen and classroom. Includes dolls and toys, a discovery room for the under 5's and also houses the Royal Warwickshire Regimental Museum. Children most welcome. Landscaped gardens suitable for picnics.

OPEN ALL YEAR (_Closed Mondays_) - ADMISSION FREE (donations welcome)

Tuesday - Saturday (also Bank Holiday Mondays) 10.00 - 17.00
Sundays (April - September only) 14.30 - 17.00
Events and holiday activities - Phone 01926 412034

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### Warwickshire Museum

![Warwickshire Museum at Warwick Market Hall](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/museums/market-hall.jpg)Market Hall, Market Place
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4SA
**T** 01926 412500
**F** 01926 419840

The Warwickshire Museum contains displays of Archaeology, Geology and Natural History, The Great Fire of Warwick and Sheldon's Tapestry Map.

OPEN ALL YEAR (Closed Mondays)
Tues - Sat 10.00 - 17.00
Sundays (April - September only) 11.30 - 17.00
Bank Holidays: 10.00 - 17.00
ADMISSION FREE (Donations welcome)

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### Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum

![Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum in Warwick Court House](https://cotswolds.info/images/warwick/museums/the_court_house.jpg)The Court House, Jury Street
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV34 4EW
**T** 01926 492212
**F** 01926 494837
**W** www.warwickshire-yeomanry-museum.co.uk

Uniforms, arms, swords, sabres and selected silver.
OPEN - Easter to October
Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays.
10.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 16.00

Other times by appointment. ADMISSION FREE

On the 25th June 1794 the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, the Earl of Warwick had raised by public subscription sufficient money to raise a force of Volunteer Cavalry for the defence of the County in the event of invasion by the French, with whom we were at war. This force comprising Gentlemen and Yeomanry of the County was named the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry and its first commanding officer was the 4th Earl of Aylesford.

**Interesting Fact**

In 1838 the Earl of Warwick presented the Lord Leycester's Hospital with an antique stone urn, known as the Nilometer, which was placed in the Masters Garden.

**Nilometer** is the name given to one of several devices that are different in design but that all serve the same function: measuring water levels in the River Nile.

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## Warwick Museums

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