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Opening Hours
Sunday: 10:00 – 17:30
Tuesday: 10:00 – 17:30
Wednesday: 10:00 – 17:30
Thursday: 10:00 – 17:30
Friday: 10:00 – 17:30
Saturday: 10:00 – 17:30
What's not to miss inside?
Sound as Command
Before radios, music = ordersBugle calls and kettledrums carried instructions over chaos; tempo literally set the pace of an army.
📍 Collections on loan / partner displays
Band Kit
Craft meets ceremonySilver kettledrums, embroidered banners, braided tunics—precision objects built to be heard and seen.
📍 Instruments & uniforms (various loans)
Kneller Hall Legacy
A training ground for bandmastersFrom the 1850s, the Royal Military School of Music shaped the sound of the British Army for over a century and a half.
📍 Archive references
🤓 Fun Facts
Military music is logistics: getting a thousand people to start, stop or turn at once—at the right pace—using only air and brass.
The museum’s former home, Kneller Hall in Twickenham, trained bandmasters from the 1850s until its closure in the 21st century.
Collections and displays continue via loans and partner museums, so Army music turns up where you might not expect it.
