The Durham Light Infantry Collection and archive contains 15,000 objects telling the stories of the service and service personnel of the Durham Light Infantry throughout its history. The Collection contains objects and archive dating from 1758 through to 1968, when the Regiment ceased to be active.
The Durham Light Infantry Collection and archive has moved to its new permanent home at The Story, Durham. We are free entry site with free parking.
Browse the downstairs gallery which explores the history of the Durham Light Infantry and County Durham, through displays and interactives.
Visit our Collections Room to view objects and archives from over 200 years of the Durham Light Infantry’s story.
Use our free to access PCs to research family and military history archives.
We aspire to connect communities, families and children with local history through the preservation, interpretation and engagement with the collections relating to the Durham Light Infantry. We deliver outreach to schools, host family activities, school and community group visits.
Durham County Council cares for the Collection on behalf of Trustees of the Former Durham Light Infantry Regiment and the DLI Collection.
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Opening hours: Visit – The Story
