HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars

HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars
Fountain outside the museum
HorsePower is located in Hampshire
HorsePower
HorsePower
Location of the museum within Hampshire
LocationPeninsula Barracks, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire
Coordinates51°03′44.7″N 1°19′13.5″W / 51.062417°N 1.320417°W / 51.062417; -1.320417
TypeMilitary Museum
AccreditationMuseums, Libraries and Archives Council[1]
Nearest car parkOn site
Websitewww.horsepowermuseum.co.uk

HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is a military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, that is dedicated to documenting the King's Royal Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army.[1][2][3] The museum is one of the founding members of Winchester's Military Museums, a partnership of six museums located in the Peninsula Barracks, Winchester.[1] The museum contains exhibits spanning three centuries of two of the Royal Hussar regiments; the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's own) and the 11th Royal Hussars (Prince Albert's own), as well as the Royal Hussars (Prince of Wale's own), which became The King's Royal Hussars in 1992.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "The museum". Horsepower. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Winchester's Military Museums - Museum in Winchester, Winchester - South East England". www.visitsoutheastengland.com. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ^ "History King's Royal Hussars". The King's Royal Hussars. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) | Famous Units | Research | National Army Museum, London". www.nam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2016.