Who We Are
The Gurkha Museum at Winchester tells the moving and unique story of Gurkha service to the British Crown and its people for nearly 200 years. Gurkha graves are spread across the face of the earth in nearly every country in which Britain has fought – silent testament to Gurkha loyalty and courage.
At the Gurkha Museum you will find a fitting tribute to the ‘bravest of the brave most generous of the generous...’ As the Gurkha motto tells
What’s On?
Besides visiting the Museum why not come and see these additional attractions:
19th January - 29th April 2010
*THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD*
The Gurkha Museum has been selected from 100 Museums in the United Kingdom in partnership with the BBC and British Museum to participate in “The History of the World” (http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/hampshire/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8452000/8452508.stm). The item selected for display is The Fisher Kukri – a weapon of the Gurkha soldier – used by Lieutenant John Federick Lane Fisher at Delhi during the Indian Mutiny in 1857. Come to see the Kukri at the Gurkha Museum Indian Mutiny display and learn about the military service given by Gurkhas to the Crown for nearly 200 years the special relationship between the nations of Nepal and Great Britain.
23rd February - 28th May 2010
*NEW GURKHA MUSEUM DVD*
The Gurkha Museum has recently produced a new DVD called ‘Land of the Brave’. It is a unique audio-visual introduction to Nepal and the mountain tribes that make up the legendary Gurkhas of the British Army.
Using animations and magnificient images from the Gurkha Museum, Winchester’s photographic archives, this audio-visual tour of Nepal’s many tribes and stunning landscapes, traces the roots of the Gurkhas of The British Army back to their tribal homelands in the foothills of the mighty Himalayas.
The DVD is available for £9.50 from the Museum shop. See the Shop sales DVDs and CDs Section.
11th March 2010
Winchester's Military Museums Winter Lecture
Subject: “Thirty-Two Strikes and Out”. The story of the 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade’s Occupation of the ‘Snipe’ position during the Battle of El Alamein and how the battalion halted Rommel’s counter-offensive against Montgomery’s 8th Army on 27 October 1942, destroying 32 German and Italian tanks and receiving 21 gallantry awards, including a Victoria Cross to the Commanding officer.
Speaker: Major Ken Gray, Archivist, The Royal Green Jackets Museum
Place: McDonald Gallery, Gurkha Museum
Time: 12.30 pm
Price: £5.00 per head, including sandwich lunch
Booking: By phone 01962 842832 by Monday 8 March 2010 or email: curator@thegurkhamuseum.co.uk
Opening Times
Monday - Saturday:
10:00am - 5:00pm
(last entry 4.30)
Sunday : 12:00pm - 4:00pm
(last entry 3.30pm)
Entry Fee
Adults - £2.00
OAPs - £1.00
Servicemen & Children – Free
Groups (10 or more) by
prior arrangement
