Yeomanry Museum to Reopen 14th April

On Good Friday (April 14th) The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum in the Jury Street Court House will reopen after its winter break. 

At 11am, the Mayor Cllr Christine Cross will cut a ribbon at the Castle Street entrance and declare the museum open. It will be available for visitors at weekends and on bank holidays through the summer, and is free to visit.

The reopening will be tinged with sadness because the longstanding Principal Curator, Bryan Johnson, died last month, and Richard Hall, a stalwart of the museum has also died recently.

If you haven’t visited the Yeomanry Museum since its refurbishment in 2014, it is definitely worth a visit. It occupies the basement of the Court House which used to be the kitchens providing food for dinners and assemblies in the ballroom and in Pageant Garden. The entrance is in Castle Street.

The Warwickshire Yeomanry was a volunteer cavalry regiment formed in 1794 when Britain was threatened with invasion from France.

The regiment served with great distinction in the Boer War and both World Wars.  

Early in WW2, the horses were retired in favour of trucks, then the Yeomanry became a tank regiment.

You can find out more about the history of the Warwickshire Yeomanry here:  http://www.warwickshire-yeomanry-museum.co.uk/history.html

Or drop in to the museum where veterans will be on hand to tell you about the glorious history of the regiment.