As a not for profit organisation, all income from The Tank Museum is reinvested to continue our efforts to conserve and preserve our unique collections now and for generations to come. For over 40 years, the Friends of The Tank Museum have been dedicated to safeguarding the world’s finest collection of tanks.
The impact the Friends have is vital to the Museum. Read below a few projects our Friends of The Tank Museum have recently helped fund.
The whole project cost £45,000 – and it has been made possible thanks to the Friends of The Tank Museum.
The Tank Museum’s Vehicle Conversation Centre (VCC) was originally built in 2013.
Inside the VCC there is a exhibition with a balcony overlooking the vehicles. Recently the exhibition underwent a redevelopment to further showcase some of the items not on public display, including a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Engine.
The whole project cost £15,000, with new interpretation and graphics educating visitors on the Museum’s previous and current restoration projects, and was funded by the Friends of The Tank Museum.
In 2025, Friends of The Tank Museum supported the Museum with the conservation and preservation of vehicles, purchasing of objects for the collection and funding apprentices to continue to tell the story of tanks and the people who served in them.
Our running fleet of over 50 historic vehicles also takes considerable care and staff time. Tiger 131 alone takes 200 hours of work for every hour it runs.
From humidity detectors in the Archive and Library to stop First World War documents from deteriorating, to new oil to help preserve the Jagdtiger engine, there is always more we can do to ensure the continuation and protection of such a varied collection. Please consider joining the Friends of The Tank Museum today and help us keep armoured history alive.
