Over 70 members of the Green Howards Association, VIPs and guests attended the opening of the new ground floor of the Museum on the evening of the 18th May, 2007.

Major General Andrew Farquhar CBE, the Colonel of the Green Howards, gave a thought provoking speech linking the role of military museums to the modern army and in this case with the 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards). before thanking the many people who had made this transformation possible. He then invited Lady Crathorne, the wife of the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire, to officially open the ‘new look’ museum by cutting the ribbon.

All this would not have been possible without the financial support of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Dr Fiona Spears, the Head of HLF Yorkshire, informed the guests that it had taken over four million lottery tickets to pay for the £220,000 donation.

The photos below were taken on the evening, and show some of the guests present, and the highlights of the actual reopning ceremony.

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