Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum

The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum is housed in two towers of Caernarfon Castle. In it you will discover the history of over 300 years of service by Wales’s oldest infantry.

At the museum, you will learn how the Regiment won 14 Victoria Crosses and hear the words of the famous writers who served with the Royal Welch during the First World War: Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, “Hedd Wyn”, David Jones and Frank Richards.  

Napoleonic France, the Crimean War, the Boer War and China. Many battalions of the Regiment saw action in the First and Second World Wars. In peacetime the Royal Welch has provided garrison troops in Canada, India, Hong Kong and the West Indies.

More recently the Royal Welch has carried out many tours of duty in Northern Ireland and has been deployed on peace-keeping and humanitarian operations, often under the UN or NATO. These have included missions in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. 

You will see what life was like for the ordinary soldier, the medals they won and the uniforms they wore. Come and find out about the Regiment’s unique traditions!

Entry to the museum is free once visitors have paid for admission to the castle. Cadw members can enter both attractions for free.

Educational Visits

Come and take part in our experiences to show you what life was like to be a soldier in various different eras, including the First World War.