Tour of Keep Military Museum Grounds

Join Chris Copson, former curator, and current historian at the Tank Museum, for an optional lunch-time tour of the grounds around the Keep Military Museum.

The Dorchester Depot Barracks were built between 1877 and 1881 on the site of the Militia barracks, which had been established there little over a decade earlier. They were built as part of the Cardwell Reforms which encouraged the localisation of British military forces. The site included a large parade ground, which was laid out between the Keep (or armoury) and the building now known as the 'Little Keep' and flanked by brick-built barrack blocks (including separate accommodation for officers and other ranks), the officers' mess, a gymnasium, stores, offices and other ancillary buildings.