The Royal Dragoon Guards Museum and Regimental Association
ENTRY
from £2.50
SETTING
Indoors
WHERE
York
What it’s like
A small military history museum in York with tanks, battle honours and regimental artefacts spanning 1685 to now.
Inside you'll find the story of a cavalry regiment told through the actual kit: M4 Sherman tanks, DD tanks (the ones that could swim ashore on D-Day, which is the sort of fact that sticks with a ten-year-old), plus battle honours and regimental regalia going back to 1685. It is a proper museum rather than a hands-on attraction, so it suits a child who likes looking closely and asking questions more than one who needs buttons to press.
Entry is £5 for adults and £2.50 for children aged 5 to 16, and one child gets in free with every paying adult, which softens the cost if you have got more than one kid in tow. Students and the over-60s pay £4. Serving Service personnel go half price and Regiment members are free, both nice touches if either applies to you.
It is fully wheelchair accessible, with adapted toilets and a stairlift between the foyer and the museum floor for one wheelchair user at a time. Parking is not on site but Clifford's Tower car park is a minute's walk away and St George's Field a few minutes more, both pay and display, and it is about fifteen minutes on foot from York station if you fancy the walk instead.
Hours are shorter than a lot of York's big attractions, Tuesday to Friday 9.30 to 4.30 and weekends 10 to 4. Given the subject matter and the lack of interactive stuff, it probably works best as a shorter stop bolted onto a day of other things in York rather than the main event for younger children.
Facilities
Need to know
- Best for
- Children old enough to read displays and ask questions, roughly 7 up
- Parking
- Pay & Display car parks at Clifford's Tower (1 minute walk) and St
- Wheelchairs
- Fully wheelchair accessible. Toilets designed for wheelchairs
- Getting there by bus or train
- York station approximately 15 minutes' walk
- Worth knowing
- One child enters free with every fee-paying adult
- One child enters free with every fee-paying adult
- Serving British Service personnel get half price entry, and Regiment members go free
- The stairlift between foyer and museum floor takes one wheelchair at a time, up to 185kg
- Weekend hours are shorter than weekdays, so plan an earlier visit
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
£5 for adults, £2.50 for children aged 5 to 16, and one child goes free with every paying adult. Students and over-60s pay £4.
What is there to see?
Military history from 1685 to the present, including M4 Sherman tanks, DD tanks, battle honours and regimental regalia.
Is it wheelchair accessible?
Yes, fully accessible with adapted toilets and a stairlift between the foyer and the museum floor that takes one wheelchair user at a time.
Where do we park?
There's no car park on site, but Clifford's Tower car park is about a minute's walk away and St George's Field is three to four minutes, both pay and display.
What are the opening hours?
Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 4.30pm, weekends 10am to 4pm.
How do we get there without a car?
York station is around a fifteen minute walk, and there are park and ride services from six locations around the city.
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