Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiments’ Museum
Free, volunteer-run regimental museum at The Keep in Bury St Edmunds, with medals, Victoria Crosses and archives of the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiments.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in The Keep, a Grade II listed building at Gibraltar Barracks in Bury St Edmunds, on the site of the former Suffolk Regiment depot. It tells the story of the Suffolk Regiment and the Cambridgeshire Regiment, whose histories continue today through the Royal Anglian Regiment.
The collection includes medals, among them the regiment’s Victoria Cross awards, drums, brooches and other regimental objects. A regimental archive can be searched on request by researchers and families tracing former soldiers, for a small fee, and a virtual tour of the museum is available on screen in the building and on the website.
In addition to The Keep, the museum has a small changing display at Moyse’s Hall Museum in the town centre, and items are shown in local museums at March, Wisbech and Ely. The museum is a charity run by volunteer trustees and receives no government grants, relying on visitor donations.
Highlights
- Victoria Cross collection of the regiments
- Regimental medals, drums and brooches
- Regimental archive for researching former soldiers
- Virtual tour of the first-floor main gallery
- Grade II listed building at Gibraltar Barracks
Permanent exhibition
- Regimental collection at The Keep – Medals, the Victoria Crosses, drums and other objects of the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiments.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Adults | free |
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Admission is free; the museum relies on donations.
Accessibility
- Partially wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
There is step-free access to the ground-floor displays (medals and some cabinets) and to the accessible toilet. The main gallery on the first floor is currently not step-free; a virtual tour is shown on a screen in the ground-floor corridor and on the website.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By car
Parking available
Limited visitor parking is available at the rear of The Keep.
The museum is on Out Risbygate (A1302), the road from the A14 junction 42 into Bury St Edmunds town centre. what3words: ///september.lift.terminal.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Museum shop
A museum shop is listed on the website.
Events & venue rental
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | Group visits are welcome by prior arrangement through the curator. A virtual reality tour is available on site and online. A paid regimental archive search can be arranged in advance. |
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