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The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum reopened at Serle's House in 2004. The museum contains a display of drums, uniforms and personal artifacts.
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in 1796. Most of the other buildings in the Lower Barracks, including a barrack block and a small parade ground, were built during the
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The buildings at the Lower Barracks at Winchester date back to 1730 when Serle's House, which had been designed by
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but many of the other buildings were converted for private residential use in the late 1990s.
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reopened at Serle's House in 2004. It is one of several independent museums that comprise
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The Lower Barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the
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from its formation in 1881 until it moved out in 1959. The
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Royal Hampshire Regiment Memorial Garden & Museum
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Peninsula Barracks
Winchester

Lower Barracks is located in Central Winchester
51°03′42″N 1°19′06″W / 51.06169°N 1.31837°W / 51.06169; -1.31837
Ministry of Defence
British Army
War Office
Royal Hampshire Regiment
Winchester
depot
Royal Hampshire Regiment
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum
Winchester's Military Museums
Thomas Archer
War Office
Crimean War
Cardwell Reforms
depot
37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot
Childers Reforms
Royal Hampshire Regiment
Wessex Brigade
Topsham Barracks
Exeter
Ministry of Defence


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