Facilities

Coach Parking
Car Parking
Restaurant/Cafe
Toilets
Lecture Room
Shop

Other: Disabled access. Corporate events by arrangement.

How to get there:
Within 400 yds of the bus station on ring road near the junction with Church Street

The Museum of Lancashire contains displays relating to several of the County’s historic regiments. The gallery of the 14th/20th King’s Hussars traces the history of the regiment from 1715 and includes 2 Victoria Crosses, a display of guidons and artefacts from the Napoleonic era, India and South Africa. The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry’s 200 year association with Lancashire is portrayed with exhibits from Peterloo, South Africa and WW1. There is also a gallery of Queen’s Lancashire Regiment material, a Lancashire Home Front display, Far East prisoner-of-war art and a trench scene.

King’s Royal Hussars, 14th/20th King’s Hussars, 14th (King’s) Hussars, 14th (King’s) Light Dragoons, 14th (Duchess of York’s Own) Light Dragoons, 14th Light Dragoons, 14th Dragoons, 14th Hussars, 20th Hussars, 2nd Bengal European Light Cavalry (Honourable East India Company), Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry, Representative collections of Lancashire Regiments, Loan collection of Queen’s Lancashire Regiment

Opening Hours:
10.30 am - 5pm (Closed Thursdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays)

Address:
14th/20th King's Hussars and Duke of Lancaster's Own Yoemanry
Museum of Lancashire,
Stanley Street,
Preston,
PR1 4YP

Tel: 01772 534075

Web:
www.lancashire.gov.uk

Curator:
Dr Stephen Bull

Admission charges:
Adult: £3
Seniors: £2
Groups: By appointment
Children: Free if accompanied
School Parties: By appointment