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Welcome to the British Red Cross museum and archives

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

Visiting our museums and archives

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

Collections catalogue

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

Museum exhibitions

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

Our historical collections

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

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.

How to donate historical items

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

History blogs

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

Educational resources

Discover useful resources and activities for teaching history.