Welcome to the British Red Cross museum and archives

The British Red Cross museum and archives contain a fascinating portrait of our humanitarian work.

Exhibits within the British Red Cross museum.

Visiting our museum and archives

Find out about our exhibitions, tours, research visits and our other services.

How to visit us
Red Cross nurses help casualties into emergency vehicle during war.

Collections catalogue

Explore our museum and open archive collections on our online database. 

Search the collections database
Collage of items on display at Red Cross Kindness exhibition.

Museum exhibitions

Learn about our exhibitions before you visit or explore our online exhibitions.

Explore our exhibitions
Historical model Red Cross emergency vehicle.

Our historical collections

Objects and records from 1870 to our present day contribution to society.

Learn more about our collections
First World War Volunteers

The First World War

Browse photos and stories and search for your family's personnel cards to discover what 90,000 Red Cross volunteers did during the war.

Search our records
Historical Red Cross prisoners of war poster.

How to donate historical items

See what objects and records we collect, how we decide what to collect and read our collections development policy.

Find out about donating items
Black and white photograph showing volunteers during the first world war.

History blogs

Learn more about the history of the British Red Cross by exploring our blogs.

Read our history blogs
Graphic of two historic Red Cross posters half coloured in

Educational resources

Discover useful resources and activities for teaching history.

Explore the learning resources

Shop and donate

Make a difference by buying items in our online gift shop or make a donation.

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