To enhance its impact in Chelsea and beyond, the National Army Museum needs more exhibition space, which can be provided underground on the land that is currently their car park. This new extension will incorporate a new gallery space that explores the Army’s role on a global stage, looking at the different environments in which soldiers fight, and a further space detailing how science and technology have impacted and supported soldiers and their different roles.
The additional space will also increase the capacity and learning provision of the Museum. The extension will also include distinctive, multi-use spaces to support community events and activities.
Since July 2024, we have been developing detailed designs of the Museum’s extension to include gallery spaces and a new auditorium.
The new extension to gallery spaces and the auditorium will enable the Museum to develop and increase capacity for the local community in Chelsea. Each year, the National Army Museum delivers free sessions to over 300 schools, and the Museum earned the Sandford Award for museum learning for the third time in 2024. Free family activities are run at the weekend and school holidays, and nearly 1,000 participants were welcomed to workshops during the summer school holidays in 2024.
Proposed sketch section of the new gallery extension.
Proposed illustration of the new gallery extension.
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