Welcome to the British Red Cross museum and archives

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Discover useful resources and activities for teaching history.