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| rdfs:comment | - The Tank Museum (previously; The Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles in the United Kingdom that traces the history of the tank. With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the second-largest collection of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles in the world. It includes the only working example of a German Tiger I tank and a British First World War Mark I, the world's oldest surviving combat tank. It is the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps and a registered charity.
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| map caption | - Location of The Tank Museum within Dorset
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| Caption | - The redeveloped museum, with control tower for the adjoining events area
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| Location | - United Kingdom
- Bovington, Dorset
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| abstract | - The Tank Museum (previously; The Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles in the United Kingdom that traces the history of the tank. With almost 300 vehicles on exhibition from 26 countries it is the second-largest collection of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles in the world. It includes the only working example of a German Tiger I tank and a British First World War Mark I, the world's oldest surviving combat tank. It is the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps and a registered charity. The collection is held at Bovington Camp in Dorset in South West England. It is about miles (km) north of the village of Wool and miles (km) west of the major port of Poole. The camp trains all sections of the British Army in tracked-vehicle driving as well as repairing and maintaining the vehicles in its workshops.
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