The Tank Museum in Dorset held its most successful Tankfest event ever with more than a million people attending – online. Usually 25,000 tank fans visit the attraction over three days to watch armoured vehicles being put through their paces on the circuit in Bovington.
Tell them: pike
One of the most evocative items from the wartime Home Guard is to go on display at the Tank Museum in Dorset – a pike. The homemade weapon was issued to eccentric WW1 veteran Percy Hobart, who would go on to have a major impact in the success of D-Day. But at the time was in the Home Guard
Tank Museum opens new exhibition
The Tank Museum in Dorset has opened its new exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC).
Tanks inspire next generation of engineers
Around 2,000 schoolchildren from across Dorset invaded the Tank Museum for a ‘Big Bang’ science and engineering event.
Tank museum opens VC exhibition
Descendants of the four men from the Tank Corps who were awarded Victoria Crosses in WWI assembled at the Tank Museum in Dorset for the opening of a new exhibition. The four VCs have been brought together for the first time and are now on display at the attraction in Bovington. Prior to the opening of the exhibition, members of … Read More
Tank Museum appeals for missing MC
The Tank Museum in Dorset has launched an appeal to find the Military Cross (MC) won by the commander of its Mark V tank 100 years ago at the Battle of Amiens. Harold Whittenbury’s heroics at the battle, which included ramming a building with his tank, earned him the bravery medal.
Princess Royal to open Tank Museum’s workshops
The Princess Royal is to visit The Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, to open the new workshops.
Tiger tank’s had nine lives but lives on
The world’s most famous tank will be rolling along on its tracks once more at the Tank Museum in Dorset – exactly 75 years after it was captured.
Old model army
Some of history’s most bizarre and outrageous tank designs that were never made have now been created in model form and are to go on display at the Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset.
Happy Christmas from the Western Front – a hero too hot to handle
A Christmas card sent 100 years ago by one of the First World War’s most heroic tank officers is to go on display for the first time. Elliot Hotblack sent the simple card from ‘Advance Headquarters Tank Corps’ in December 1917, presumably to his parents in Norfolk. It includes a print of a crewman waving his cap from a Mark … Read More
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