Somerset Miltary Museum

The Somerset Military Museum is located within the Museum of Somerset in Taunton Castle in the centre of the County Town.

It has been closed for two years for a major refurbishment, but will reopen to the public at 12.00 pm on Thursday 29th September 2011. Entrance is free.

The museum features:

• The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
• The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
• The West Somerset Yeomanry
• The North Somerset Yeomanry
• Somerset Militia, Rifle Volunteers and Territorials
• The Light Infantry and its successor regiment, The Rifles

Its website will in future appear as part of the Museum of Somerset website. This is currently being written and will come on-line in November.

Any correspondence for the curator of the Somerset Military Museum should be sent to:

The Rifles Office
14 Mount Street
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 3QB

• Telephone enquiries: 01823 333434
• Research enquiries: info@sommilmuseum.org.uk
• Sales enquiries: aotaunton@the-rifles.co.uk