York Army Museum

01/10/2026

🏆 Two shortlists. One small museum. A very happy team.

We’re delighted to announce that York Army Museum has been shortlisted in TWO categories in the Visit York Tourism Awards!

🏛️ Small Visitor Attraction of the Year
We’re particularly proud of this one. We’ve been shortlisted in this category several times before, and even took home the award in 2018. We were first shortlisted in 2016 and ten years later, we’re delighted to be back on the shortlist and still finding new ways to welcome visitors, tell stories and develop the museum.

🏺 Cultural Experience of the Year
This time, it’s for Object Journeys – our cultural experience exploring objects, histories and connections created in partnership with the British Museum and others.

For a small specialist museum, being recognised alongside some of the much bigger names in York’s visitor economy is something we’re genuinely proud of.

We might have a small team, a small building and a comparatively small budget…

…but we have big ideas, brilliant volunteers, fantastic partners and an enthusiasm for trying things that sometimes turn out to be slightly larger than sensible.

Thank you to everyone who visits us, volunteers with us, works with us and helps us make York Army Museum what it is.


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27/09/2026

Wonderful to be at Ken Cooke's book launch this weekend.

24/09/2026

With great history comes great responsibility.

🌱 We’re taking more responsibility for our carbon footprint.

Museums are all about preserving the past – but we also need to think about the future.

That’s why York Army Museum has joined Ecologi, helping us take practical action on the environmental impact of our work.

We’re supporting climate and nature projects including native woodland restoration in the UK, peatland restoration in the Peak District and South Pennines.

But this isn’t about planting a few trees and declaring ourselves “green”.

We know that the most important thing is to reduce our own emissions, and we’re already working on this from energy efficiency and LED lighting to reusing and recycling exhibition materials, reducing printing, using local suppliers and reviewing how we create exhibitions.

Ecologi gives us another way to take responsibility for the emissions we can’t yet eliminate, while supporting projects that benefit people, nature and the climate.

We’ll share our progress as we go.

23/09/2026

We love York Food and Drink Festival. This year you can collect our military themed cocktail recipe booklets as part of the Taste Trail. Cheers 🍸🥂🍹

22/09/2026

From the people who made it, to the people who used it, to the people who collected it, displayed it and now study it – every object has a story.

Last year we created Object Journeys, a cultural experience exploring objects connected with the Asante Kingdom and the Anglo-Asante War of 1896.

From October 25 to February 26, visitors encountered rare objects, archival photographs, digital 3D technology, community perspectives, talks, workshops and tours.

And although the exhibition has closed, the journeys haven't ended. After Object Journeys ended here at York Army Museum, the ewer travelled again, this time to the British Museum where it was part of a temporary exhibition The Many Lives of the Asante Ewer from March – June 2026, and it took its turn in the spotlight there. The ewer has now returned to York and is back on display in York Army Museum until the end of this year. So do come along and discover this extraordinary object for yourself.

We've put together a new page telling the story of Object Journeys what we discovered, what visitors thought and what the project has changed at York Army Museum. We're going to be sharing more about our project and learning over the next few weeks.

Read the story: https://yorkarmymuseum.co.uk/news/objectjourneys/

18/09/2026

Saturday 19 September: between 12 noon and 2pm the museum is hosting a book launch for The Events of One Man's Summer: the story of Harry Kane O'Kelly and his experiences during the First World War. The book launch is free to attend and suitable for adults, but there will be no access to the rest of the museum at this time. The museum will reopen as usual from 2pm in the afternoon.

07/09/2026

She did it! Well done Jana. 100km. 24 hrs. You deserve a rest now.
Not too late to donate to the fundraiser
👇👇👇
www.justgiving.com/page/jana-j-3

05/09/2026

It's today - Jana is attempting the 100k in 24 hours to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund. Please help her out - share the post, or donate.

Jana & Brian, two of Kohima Museum's wonderful staff. To raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund, Jana will march 100km (62.5 miles) in 24hr in the South Coast Ultra Challenge. Please support her www.justgiving.com/page/jana-j-3

05/09/2026

It's in our diary.

Exciting News! All Welcome!

03/09/2026

🥾 100km. Under 24 hours. For the Army Benevolent Fund.

One of our amazing volunteers is taking on a huge challenge this weekend.

On 5–6 September, she’ll be walking 100km from Eastbourne to Arundel, aiming to complete the route in under 24 hours.

And this isn't her first challenge.

Earlier this year she completed the 54-mile Cateran Yomp through the Scottish Highlands in under 24 hours.

Now she’s putting all those training miles to the test to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund, helping support soldiers and their families.

💚 Can you help her reach her fundraising target?

www.justgiving.com/page/jana-j-3

Good luck Jana, we'll be cheering you every step of the way.