Royal Engineers Museum Foundation - Projects

Current Projects

Transformation Project - Target £200,000

• This involves a major alteration to the internal arrangement of the Museum including rebuilding the WWI and WWII galleries which are not felt to do justice to two such major periods of our history. Additionally, we plan to reposition the Library within the Museum building. The Library is a huge and very special collection. Because it is at present within the barracks area it is not easily accessible to researchers. Also its staff, whose work considerably overlaps with those in the Museum, suffer by being separated. We plan to build a splendid facility with study booths as well as much improved modern library access. This has long been sought as perhaps the last major building project. Read more about the Museum and Library Collection



• The cost runs to over 2 million pounds, but it is hoped that much of this will come from a successful Lottery bid. The Corps family has however undertaken to raise a million pounds to support this application and the Foundation share is £200,000. We so far (as at Jan 2009) have raised £75,000 of this so our current campaign is aimed at raising at least the balance of £125,000.



• At any given time we also maintain a list of smaller projects between £500 and £3000 for anyone wishing to donate who wishes to be associated directly with a project. Contact RE Museum Foundation Secretary for further details.

Transformation Project
funds collected to date:

Past Projects

Between 1987 and 2008 the RE Museum Foundation has raised approximately £2 million and provided the finances for the following projects:

• The provision within the Historic Dockyard exhibit of a DVD promoting the main Museum (2008).



• The establishment and fitting out of a separate major exhibit within the Chatham Historic Dockyard in Slipway No 3. This has enabled the display to the public for the first time of much large equipment previously stored (2005-2008).
See Opening of Slip 3 -29 April 2008


• The provision of a large screen in the opening gallery to explain the layout of the museum, including having a suitable film made to display (2006-2007).



• Improvements to customer facilities in the Museum entrance area (2002-2005).



• Modernising displays in the Victorian Galleries with the assistance of the Designated Challenge Fund (1999-2001).



• Development of the Courtyard, roofing it, installing a walkway and the creating the Post War Gallery displays (1994-1996).



• Relocation of the Museum from its original site in Brompton Barracks to its current position in the Ravelin Building (1987).