About the Suffolk Regiment Museum

The Museum is housed on the first floor of The Keep, the only surviving building from the 1878 Barracks and Depot of the Suffolk Regiment. The Keep was originally built as the Reservists' clothing store and Armoury.

The Museum was opened in 1935 and owed its existence to the enthusiasm of Lieut-Col H B Monier-Williams. Its nucleus was material collected by Colonel E Montagu CBE and Major EC Doughty DSO and presented to the Officers' Mess. It was housed in various buildings on the Depot site, including the Sergeants' Mess and Officers' Mess, before moving in 1968 to its present location. The first floor room is where, by the 1930s, new recruits were fitted out with their uniform and equipment.

The displays tell the story of the regiment from its foundation in 1685 to amalgamation with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1959. The history covers the regular, militia, volunteer and war-time battalions as well as the experience of individual soldiers and is told through medals, uniforms, photographs, weapons, trophies, equipment and personal memorabilia.

The Suffolk Regiment Gallery at Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds gives an overview of the regiment's story, while the regimental archive and photograph collection are on deposit at the Bury St Edmunds branch of the Suffolk Record Office.