With an unrivalled collection of historical and modern vehicles and dedicated SME support, The Tank Museum offers military personnel a unique environment to support Battlefield Studies, formal and informal training events and unit days out.
Visits are welcome from formations and units across Defence, to include single-service, joint and civilian agencies.
Units are welcome to visit the Museum without making prior arrangements and the standard public tours and group tours are also available to military visitors. However in order to support unit training objectives we can also offer pre-prepared tours and packages based on some of the most commonly requested subjects, or we can work with you to construct a bespoke package to meet the needs of your unit or study. Previous examples include: Armour in the Arab-Israeli Wars, The 1945 Battle of Berlin, The 1918 Battle of Amiens and Reconnaissance: Wheels vs Tracks.
This offering does not include Cadets. For Cadet groups, please visit our group bookings page here. Please note, we do not accept bookings for guided tours during certain event days.
Entry and tours free for serving military groups. No charge for the services of Museum staff.- Pre-prepared tours written for a military audience.
- SME support to construct and deliver bespoke tours in support of training objectives.
- Access to vehicles not on display is usually possible.
- Access to Supporting Collection objects such as uniforms or firearms may be possible.
- Briefing Room hire with optional private catering options (additional cost).
- Public Restaurant and Café.
- Free coach parking.
Please fill in the form below to book in your group. Please give us 48 hours notice for a self-guided group, and seven days notice if you require a guided tour. This gives us the best chance of being able to staff your tour. Any questions, please call 01929 405096 or email groups@tankmuseum.org.
Pre-Prepared Tours
This walking tour of the Museum’s flagship exhibition hall explores the history of armoured warfare from the first tank prototype ‘Little Willie’ to the present day ‘Challenger 2’. The Tank Story Hall holds the most historically significant tanks in our unique collection.
Get up close with our most modern vehicles which are still active in many militaries and conflicts across the globe. Vehicles include but are not limited to: T-55, T-62, T-72, BMP-1, BTR-60, Leopard 1, Marder, Challenger 2 and Warrior. Please enquire for more details.
Covers the basics of how to identify armoured fighting vehicles using the Museum’s vehicles from the early Cold War to now.
Learn how the Second World War British Army modified existing tank designs into specialist engineering and breaching assets, laying the foundations for modern Armoured Engineer vehicles. This tour also looks at how these high-demand, low-density assets were organised and used by 79th Armoured Division.
Discover how infantry and armour have learnt to cooperate, from the trenches of 1916 through the Blitzkrieg of 1940 to the advance into Germany in 1945. Relevant Post-War vehicles are covered on the Modern AFVs tour.
Using our Trench Experience exhibition, find out what it was like to sign up in 1914 and learn how the training, equipment and operations of British infantry and cavalry soldiers evolved over four years of warfare.
