Marking International Women's Day 2024 at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum with a series of events, and introducing the permanent A Woman's War display – now open. In this talk, Blenheim Palace archivist Antonia Keaney brings you an entertaining look at the lives and loves of the ladies of the Marlborough family – usually overlooked in […]

Celebrating International Womens Day 2024 at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum IWD Talk Tickets include admission to all the museum galleries and displays like A Woman's War, as well as complementary tea and cake. The men and women of Air Transport Auxiliary made a huge contribution to victory in World War II. Initially, women were dismissed […]

Visitors to the museum have long been able to sit inside a replica section of D-Day Horsa Glider and learn about Pegasus Bridge and some of the first troops to land in France on 6 June 1944, and still can today. Now, we’re digging deeper into the county’s D-Day story, with a special commemorative exhibition […]

Talk with David Innes and Richard Folkes Marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum and the Army Flying Museum have teamed up to tell the personal stories of two of the men who carried out the famous Coup de Main operation to seize the bridges in Normandy over the Caen Canal and […]

Join us for a talk at the museum with Lt. Colonel (Retired) Ingram Murray, father of comedian and historian Al Murray. Proceeds from ticket sales of this event directly support both ABF: The Soldiers Charity and Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust. Landing in the six gliders with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry early in the […]

Come join us for an insightful event at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum where we will delve into the world of Monets famous Water Lilies paintings and their connection to the Great War. This in-person talk will explore the influence of the Great War on Monet and the events and people that led to the […]

Book now for dinner and a show at the incredible Blenheim Palace. To celebrate Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum's 10th Anniversary, Lucy Fleming and her husband, Simon Williams, will be performing “Posting Letters to the Moon”, their show bringing to life the story of the wartime letters between her parents, Celia Johnson (“Brief Encounter”) and Peter […]

  Take on the role of a Special Operations Executive agent as your Horsa Glider lands behind enemy lines. Your mission? Solve puzzles and crack clues to find a missing list of suspected double agents and reveal the identity of the duplicitous spy. This information must be placed into the hands of a senior member […]

Join us for our 1940s themed Christmas evening event! Enjoy mulled wine and minced pies, vintage crafts, homefront living history and our wartime Christmas photobooth, all with a live Jazz soundtrack from from Mandolirium and Airlie Scott. Museum late opening event from 6pm - 8.30pm. Standard museum admission prices apply. Admissions can be purchased on […]

A Christmas charity concert from The Waterloo Band & Bugles of The Rifles, to be held at St Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock. Proceeds from tickets sales support the St Mary Magdalene Church Roof Fund and Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust. Get your tickets now from Woodstock Bookshop and Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum